Gerhard Lock (*1978)
MUSICIAN – violin & piano
Background
In
the age of five he started playing violin and received 1983–1993
basic musical education at the Conservatory „G. F. Händel"
in Halle/S., 1993–1996 he studied at the former Music High
School in Halle/S. 1996–2000 he studied violin at the University
of Music "Franz Liszt" in Weimar. 1984–2000 he played
in several youth orchestras across Germany mainly as concert
master of both violin groups including concert tours in several
European countries (e.g. Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Irland,
Austria). The concert with the Saxonia-Anhalt Youth Symphony
Orchestra in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein was
released 1997
as live-CD. He is founding member of Saxonia-Anhalt Youth
Symphony Orchestra (1992) and young chamber ensemble "Paul
Hindemith" (1998).
He has played violin in Hans-Gunter
Lock's first performance of „Mu kivisid sõnad/My stony words“
(2002) at EAMT Sügisfestival/Autumn festival and in Hans-Gunter
Lock's work „2012!“ at the composer's doctoral concert (2014)
in EAMT chamber hall. He has played with violin his own works,
e.g. „Veelahkmel/At the watercrossroad“ (2003) at EAMT
Sügisfestival / Autumn festival, „Pragmaatiline kunstnik/The
pragmatic artist“ (2005) as part of the group exhibition by Rait
Rosin, Gerhard Lock and Jüri Muttika „Kõik
on nii hästi! / Everything is just so perfect!“ in Vaal
gallery (2006), „Elu on imeline / Live is miraculous“ (2009)
during the 15th Pärnu Film- and Videofestival (commissioned work)
and the group exhibition „Performanž“ performance week
organized by Rait Rosin in Hobusepea Galerii/Horsehead gallery
(2009).
During
Elvin's Tales recording sessions summer 2013
(photo Natalia
Ivanova, Elvin's
Tales FB
page)
Since
2010 he tightly collaborates with Hiiumaa TantsuFestivaliga /
Hiiumaa Dance Festival (HTF), e.g. he played violin in the dance
performance “Ball” (HTF2010) by Nele Suisalu and Florent Hamon
as well as violin and keyboard instruments in the dance
performance “Valge siidiriide, härmatisega...” / “White
silk cloth with frost snow” (HTF2012) by Mait Joorits. In the
performance “Tahkuna fantaasiad / Fantasies of Tahkuna“
(HTF2011) as outcome of the choreomusical workshops based on his
own and Kaspar Aus' ideas he played the piano as well as in the
stage processes “Tahan olla / I would like to be” (HTF2014,
stage director Jarmo Karing) and “Ma võin ise alustada / I'd
like to start myself” (HTF2014, stage director Oksana
Tralla).
2011–2013 he played violin in the
folk-rock band “Elvin's Tales” and has been performed in
several summer festivals as well as the award ceremony of the
“Noorte kriitikute luubi all / In Focus of Young Critics”
contest (2011) in Tallinn Central Library. Since 2010 he has been
performing as improvisor solo or together with colleagues from
different art fields interdisciplinarily (violin, piano,
synthesizer) at Hiiumaa Dance Festival, during 2013 in different
events in Tallinn (e.g. poetry evenings, New World as well as AIDS
charity concerts in Kumu art museum). Since 2012 he plays violin
also in the performance group “LAIK”, e.g. in the performance
“Object MU II” (“Prenataalne meditatsioon” / “Prenatal
meditation”, 2013) in Tartu Print museum, also with improvisors
colleagues at the Semiosalong seasonal finishing party (Improjam,
von Krahl, 2014). In addition he has been sung in several choirs:
2001/2002 in Leipziger Vokalensemble, 2003/2004 in Estonia Seltsi
Segakoor (mixed choir) (e.g. Songfestival 2004), since 2014 in
mixed choir K.O.O.R. (e.g. Songfestival 2009, Andrea Bocelli gala
concert in summer 2014 at the songfestival ground).
2011–2015
Performances
with different ensembles
Folk-rock
band Elvin's
Tales
2011–2013
Interdisciplinary
art group LAIK
since
2012
Music theater/contemporary music ensemble Repoo
Ensemble
2014
Improvising
solo with violin and piano
At
Hiiumaa
Tantsufestivali/Hiiumaa Dance Festival HTF
since
2010, and with several colleagues as duo: with composer and
electronic musician Hans-Gunter
Lock,
composer and electronic musician Shawn
Pinchbeck,
musician and film sound regisseur Ando
Naulainen,
music pedagogue and pianist Marit
Mõistlik-Tamm,
railway employee and poet Ivo
Einmaa,
dancer and choreograph Kaspar
Aus.
Singer in mixed choir K.O.O.R. (chief conductor Raul Talmar) since 2014
Genre choices: Contemporary Improvisation Band music Incidental music Choir music
Performances 2014–2015
Improvisation
"Voore
rescuing" (2014) 2'39''
Script, directing and editing:
Fideelia; cast: Fideelia, Kalev Mahtra; Camera: Kullar Viimne;
Music: Gerhard Lock (phonogramm, live-improvisations on the piano
ad libitum).
Solo exhibition The Heroine’s Yourney by
Fideelia-Signe Roots at EAA gallery 11.12.2014–21.01.2015.
Opening
of exhibition: 10.12.2014, first performance of
live-improvisational version 13.01.2015
Commissioned by:
Fideelia
Incidental music
HTF
2014
"I would like to be" (2014) 21'
Jarmo
Karing, stage director; Gerhard Lock: composer and musician
(computer, live-electronics, vocal).
Dance performance music
for Max/MSP software, phonogramm and dancers' voices and body
sounds. With Max/MSP patch (Hans-Gunter Lock) in real-time
recorded and during the performance modfied dancers' and the
musician's (vocal and body) sounds.
Hiiumaa Dance Festival 2014
(HTF2014) stage process final performance
Fp: 10.08.2014 Käina
Cultural Centre
Second performance: 14.02.1015 Kanuti
Gildi Saal, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Hiiumaa Tantsufestival
2014
Incidental music
HTF
2014
"I'd like to start myself" (2014) 25'
Oksana
Tralla: stage director; Gerhard Lock: composer and musician
(synthesizer)
Dance performance music for synthesizer.
Hiiumaa
Dance Festival 2014 (HTF2014) stage process final performance
Fp:
10.08.2014 Käina Cultural Centre
Second performance:
14.02.1015 Kanuti
Gildi Saal, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Hiiumaa
Tantsufestival 2014
Choir music
XXVI
Song and XIX Dance Celebration "Touched
By Time. The Time To Touch”, 04.–06.07.2014
Mixed
choir K.O.O.R.
Choir music
Andrea
Bocelli – Tallinn
Star Weekend II festival, 28.06.2014
Mixed
choirs K.O.O.R.
and
Estonia
Society Mixed Choir with
Andrea Bocelli in the foyer of Song ground stage
Improvisation
17.03.2014
Semiosalong
Tallinn
ERROR
#42 Gerhard Lock: Hüperteadvus ja hetkes olemine. Errori rollist
muusikalises vabaimprovisatsioonis / Hyperconsciousness and being
in the now-moment. The role of error in musical freeimprovisation
[in Estonian]
Von Krahl Academy
Listen to the piano
improvisation at the end of the presentation (48:50 – 57:14)
Semiosalong
poster, artist: Raul Taremaa
Contemporary
09.05.2014
Teistmoodi
harmooniad I / Different harmonies I
Hans-Gunter
Lock's doctoral concert
Algorithmic
and microtonal pieces
EAMT chamber hall
2012!
(2012)
flute,
clarinet, violin, cello and piano
REPOO Ensemble – Leonora
Palu (alto recorder), Edmunds Altmanis (clarinet), Gerhard Lock
(violin), Theodor Sink (cello) and Talvi Hunt (piano), conductor
Andrus Kallastu.
Sound
recording (recorded
by Tammo Sumera)
Improvisation
11.06.2014
Kultuur
& Plahvatus & Pidu / Culture & Explosion &
Party
Semiosalong
- fourth
season final event: compilation "Sõbralik semiootika:
Semiosalongi tekste aastast 2011-2014/Friendly semiotics:
Semiosalong texts from 2011–2014" presentation
Von
Krahl bar
Improjam
Juhan
Vihterpal (bass, electronics, drums)
Gerhard Lock (violin,
electronics)
Ekke Västrik (modular synthesizer)
Raul Keller
(guitar, electronics)
Hello Upan (violin, electronics)
Liis
Viira (harp)
Sound
recording (Juhan
Vihterpal's Soundcloud)
YouTube
video
(fragment)
Documentation
video
(Henrik
Nurste)
Photo
author: Riho Vahtras
Gerhard
Lock and Liis Viira
Photo author: Riho Vahtras
Hello
Upan and Gerhard Lock
Photo author: Riho Vahtras
Performances 2013 (excerpt)
Improvisation
24.02.2013
Eesti
Vabariik / Estonian Republic 95
Improvisation
- violin with dancer Kaspar Aus during an evening dedicated
to
Estonian Republic anniversary with music, dance and poetry in
Kaspar Aus' atelier at Okasroosikese loss/Sleeping Beauty
Castle
Pictures (video camera stills) by Hille
Karm, left Gerhard Lock, right Gerhard Lock (background) and
Kaspar Aus
Improvisation
08.–15.03.2013
Residency
at the guest studio MoKS in Mooste
Interdisciplinary
art group
LAIK
MoKS
homepage
Improvisational jamsessions
Several
workshops
Video
example: compiled
by
G.
Lock
Workshop
„Music,
dance and improvisation“
(LAIK
members, Gerhard Lock – violin)
Contemporary
01.04.2013
Eesti
Muusika Päevad / Estonian Music Days 2013
Mammutkontsert
/ Mammoth concert
Piano
pieces composed in one day
Intermezzo
VII
Contemplation
of sound states for grand piano and the dedicated pianist
(2013,
first performance)
Piano Gerhard Lock
First
performance video
Photo
author: Mait Jüriado
Improvisation
18.04.2013
International
conference
CFMAEYTT2013
The
Changing Face of Music and Art Education. Yesterday, Today,
Tomorrow
Improvisation with violin with colleague Marit
Mõistlik-Tamm at the piano
during dinner for the conference
guests in the cafe Peterson in Tallinn
Improvisation
27.04.2013
Uue
Maailma Heategevuskontsert / New World charity concert
Uue
Maailma raadios salvestatud „Peaproov“ / New World Radio
recorded “Main rehearsal”
Schedule
at New
World Radio website [in Estonian]
Sound
example:
„Main
rehearsal“ original
recording
[in
Estonian]
08:44–09:06
interview
1 [in Estonian]
16:15–16:38 preparation
talk [in Estonian]
17:00–18:28 improvisation
"Hommikune tervitus/Morning greetings"
18:40–20:45
interview
2 [in Estonian]
Video
fragments
from
the evening concert
with
two spontaneous piano improvisations
Improvisation
17.05.2013
Poetry
evening "Lea Tomson's portrait"
Uue
Maailma vaeste kirjanike raamatukogus "Kapsad" / New
World library “Kapsad”
Improvisations with dancer Kaspar
Aus
Improvisation
08.08.2013
Hiiumaa
Tantsufestival / Hiiumaa Dance Festival HTF 2013
Improvisation
in Kaderna (Hiiumaa) cisternes
Gerhard Lock (violin,
percussion), Shawn Pinchbeck (Canada/Estonia; percussion, Tibetan
cymbals, recording)
HTF
2013 blog entry
Sound
example:
compiled
by G. Lock
Composition
compiled from cistern improvisations
Photo author: Shawn
Pinchbeck
Improvisation
10.08.2013
Hiiumaa
Tantsufestival / Hiiumaa Dance Festival HTF 2013
Improjamsession
for young dancers
(240')
improvisation with synthesizer and violin
with electronic
musician and VJ Shawn Pinchbeck (Canada/Estonia)
HTF2013
blog entry
Improvisation
24.08.2013
Pärandiaasta
fotonäitus Koplist ja Lustipäev /
Heritage Year photo
exhibition about Kopli and Fun Day
Professors'
Village / Süsta park end of Kopli in Tallinn
Soloimprovisations
with violin (open air)
Schedule at Professors'
Village website
FB
event page
FB
event pictures
Photo authors: left Ivo
Einmaa, right Mari
Plakk
Improvisation
07.11.2013
Poetry
evening "See kaunis kaamos/This beautiful autumn
feeling"
Asuurkeraamika
Loewenschede tornis Tallinnas / Asuur ceramics studio in
Loewenschede tower
Organizer and evening leader: Ivo Einmaa
Solo improvisation with violin, improvisations with dancer
Kaspar Aus
FB
event page, poster
Improvisation
30.08.2013
"Prenataalne
meditatsioon/Prenatale meditation" (120')
Music
for LAIK group performance "Object MU II"
Gerhard
Lock and audience – live-electronic improvisations with violin,
voice and several found objects (water, sand, stones,
tubes)
Tartu Trükimuuseum/ Tartu Print museum Muuseumidisko /
Museum Disco party
FB
event page
Video
example 1:
Documentation
1 compiled
by K. Aus and J. Vihterpal LAIK FB at page
Documentation
1 compiled
by K. Aus and J. Vihterpal in YouTube
Attention,
both fragments' sound level is low because of not normalizing the
fish eye camera sound, after listening please turn back your power
amplifier volume to avoid damage of speakers and ears.
Video
example 2:
Documentation
2
compiled
by G. Lock
Normalized
sound level.
Improvisation
28.11.2013
Viimane
Neljapäev 1.8 / Last Thursday 1.8
Poetry
evening at Kodu Baar in Tallinn
Improvisations with violin
alternating with poet Ivo Einmaa readings
FB
event page
Improvisation
01.12.2013
Rakukeraamika
põletuspäev “Pööripäeva ootuses” /
Cellceramics
burning day “Awaiting winter solstice”
Raasiku
Rahvamaja / Raasiku Public house park
Improvisations
with violin alternating with poet Ivo Einmaa readings
Event
page
Improvisation
01.12.2013
World
AIDS day charity concert
KUMU auditorium
Organizer: Estonian
HIV-Positive Network, Raul Lindemann
Improvisations with
violin alternating with poet Ivo Einmaa readings
Performances 2012
Band music
26.05.2012
"Veneetsia
Karneval / Venice Carnival"
Löwenruh
park in Mustamäe, Tallinn
Concert with folk-rock band "Elvin's
Tales"
Composer: Jevgeni Tšernov
Organizer: MTÜ
Show-ballet Visavi and Vadim Antsupov
YouTube
video example:
Elvin's
Tales The Pledge LIVE
Elvin's
Tales Wild Hunt LIVE
Photo
from Elvin's Tales FB
page.
Improvisation
04.08.2012
Hiiumaa
Tantsufestival / Hiiumaa
Dance Festival HTF
2012
Improjamsession
for young dancers
(240')
improvisation with synthesizer and violin
with electronic
musicians
Ando
Naulainen and Hans-Gunter Lock
Incidental music
05.08.2012
& 23./24.01.2013
Hiiumaa Tantsufestival / Hiiumaa Dance
Festival HTF 2012
Participation
as musician with piano, synthesizer and violin in “Valge
siidiriide, härmatisega...” / “White silk cloth with frost
snow” by Mait Joorits
Schedule of the Tallinn performance at
Kanuti
Gildi Saal website
Video
example 1:
compiled
by G. Lock
First
performance at Käina Huvi- ja Kultuurikeskus / Käina Cultural
Centre 05.08.2012
Musical
improvisation part by G. Lock
Video
example 2:
compiled
by G. Lock
Second
Tallinn performance at Kanuti Gildi Saal 24.01.2013
Musical
improvisation part by G. Lock
Performances 2011
Improvisation
05.08.2011
Hiiumaa
Tantsufestival /
Hiiumaa Dance Festival HTF
2011
Improjamsession
for young dancers
(240')
improvisation with synthesizer and violin
with electronic
musicians
Ando
Naulainen
Improvisation
Incidental
music
06.08.2014
Hiiumaa
Tantsufestival / Hiiumaa Dance Festival HTF 2011
“Tahkuna
fantaasiad / Fantasies of Tahkuna”
Improvisational
dance performance
Idea: Gerhard Lock and Kaspar Aus
Dancers:
Mari-Liis, Anna Teele, Karen, Carol
Piano: Gerhard Lock
First
performance: 06.08.2011 outcome of the choreomusical workshops at
Käina Huvi- ja Kultuurikeskus / Käina Cultural Centre
Video
(documentation:
Ando Naulainen, HTF)
Band music
13.08.2011
Festival
MuRock 2011 in Mustla (Viljandimaa county)
Concert
with
folk-rock band "Elvin's Tales"
Composer: Jevgeni
Tšernov
Festival schedule Rada7
YouTube
video:
Elvin's
Tales The Pledge LIVE
Photo
from Elvin's Tales FB
page.
Band music
19.12.2011
Contest
„Noorte kriitikute luubi all / In Focus of Young Critics“ 2011
award ceremony
Round
table discussion, award ceremony, music
Tallinn Central Library
hall
MeelisLaulud, Elvin's Tales
Concert
with
folk-rock band "Elvin's Tales"
Composer: Jevgeni
Tšernov
Award ceremony news in the internet [in Estonian]:
Luubi
all, Eesti
Muusikaarvustaja, Tallinna
Keskraamatukogu muusikaosakonna blogi
Video
examples: compiled
by G. Lock
Elvin's
Tales „Introduction“ LIVE
Elvin's
Tales „The Pledge“ LIVE
Elvin's
Tales „In The Sullen Woods“ LIVE
Elvin's
Tales „Winds Are Silent“ LIVE