Hauschka

During the course of his three latest albums, pianist Volker Bertelmann, who records and performs under the name Hauschka, has moved to funk from solo prepared piano and orchestral music.

Prepared for the Unexpected Jim Fusilli 2011

Estelle Klawitter On his latest album, Volker Bertelmann, aka Hauschka, has moved to funk from solo prepared piano and orchestral music.

Prepared for the Unexpected Jim Fusilli 2011

As is often the case, I was introduced to the wonders of Hauschka aka, Volker Bertelmann by the splendid dulcet tones of the magnificent Verity Sharp on Late Junction.

Tagged Johnny Guitar 2009

As is often the case, I was introduced to the wonders of Hauschka aka, Volker Bertelmann by the splendid dulcet tones of the magnificent Verity Sharp on Late Junction.

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Hauschka aka Volker Bertelmann has recorded one of the finest videos yet to showcase exactly how his 'prepared piano' thingamy works.

Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009

And it's quite different from other recent Hauschka albums: Issued in 2008, "Ferndorf" is a collection of formal pieces for prepared piano augmented by cello, trombone and violin; "Foreign Landscapes," released last October, features San Francisco's Magik*Magik Orchestra and is dense modern-classical music for strings, woodwinds and brass, with the crackle and shimmer of the prepared piano deep in the mix.

Prepared for the Unexpected Jim Fusilli 2011

Steven Hauschka and rookie Graham Gano will compete for the job.

Big roadblock still in Ravens' AFC North path: The Steelers 2009

Steven Hauschka, who handled kickoffs for eight games last season, and rookie free agent Graham Gano will vie for the job.

Harbaugh can't shake Ravens' perception as defense-first team 2009

Hauschka releases albums on FatCat, a boutique label otherwise known for arty indie-rock, and his latest, "Salon des Amateurs," revisits certain tenants of the minimal pulse music developed by composers like Steve Reich—plus, from an intriguingly oblique angle, some of the internal logic of techno.

The Taming of the Scene Andy Battaglia 2011

Hauschka, a performer and composer from Germany, is one of an increasingly sturdy cast of characters intent on contemporizing classical music.

The Taming of the Scene Andy Battaglia 2011