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	2023 The Anatomy of Melancholy – Musik für 136 Instrumentalstimmen und 34 Räume 16 Live-Instrumente - 120 virtuelle Instrumente, Dauer: variabel 2022 LONGUE DURÉE \| COURTE DURÉE - MOMENTS MUSICAUX A text-music labyrinth for six string instruments, tape and text representation duration: variable score excerpt: Zeitreise und Umkehr (text and music: Tom Rojo Poller; voice: Alexander Kluge) 2021 BZWN \| Square Dances Ensemble Quillo, video, tape 45' video version 2020 Kara_Rework electroacoustic music 8' 2019 Black And White Narcissus Freeze violin, cello, performer, video, tape, live camera 10' score video version #0088ff (1968) five times prismatized, projected and interpolated for three violins, two violas, cello and tape 7' 2018 6-Step Scatter (Dub) daegeum, koto, video 9'30'' video WellenWalzenWellness piano, electronics 12' 2017 FUMÉE TRAMÉE A Rondeau machine Violin, Bass Clarinet, Accordion; 10' score \| audio Rules of Summer flute, clarinet, piano, projection, electronics; 60' I: audio video II: audio video III: audio video IV: audio video V: audio video VI: audio video VII/VIII: audio video IX: audio video X: audio video XI: audio video XII: audio video XIII: audio video XIV: audio video 2015 Geschichte vom verkehrten Tag play for kids after Hans Fallada narrator, flute, cello, piano, electronics; 50' excerpts: I Retüweru II Träumerei mit Webernknecht III Poème metronomique IV Variatellen VI Ritt zu dritt VIII Deutscher Eintopf IX T'rrinchens Mondfahrt X Schaukelei XI Golipe 2014 Walzen bass flute, piano, percussion, tape 9' \| score \| audio 2013 Music by Numbers 1 Stravinsky Rework violin, double bass, piano, harp and tape 7' \| score \| audio Music by Numbers 2 Schoenberg Rework alto flute, clarinet, marimba and tape 7' \| score \| audio Music by Numbers 3 Schoenvinsky Rework (simultaneous version of Music by Numbers 1 and Music by Numbers 2) violin, double bass, piano, harp, alto flute, clarinet, marimba and tape 7' \| audio OH SOLITUDE O O I U E after Henry Purcell counter tenor and tape 8'30'' \| score \| audio Rescattered Melodies Sanjo Remix daegeum and cello 8'10'' \| score \| audio The Tentative Ear 8'40'' \| video
	2012 Über-Schreib-Maschine rminiature for music theatre after Franz Kafka's Brief an den Vater harpsichord, percussion, electric guitar, transducer, tape, media ensemble 13' \| score \| audio \| video version Sprech-Maschine \| Ur-Geräusch electroacoustic piece after a letter from Rainer Maria Rilke \| video
	2011/12 DIE UNHEIMLICHKEIT DER ZEIT after Alexander Kluge 1) Zeit ist nicht gutmütig (2011) piano, transducer, tape and video \| 8-10' \| score \| video 2) Ein letztes Zeichen internationalistischer Solidarität (2011) piano, transducer, tape and video \| 3' \| score \| video 3) Aus der Äonen-Chronik des Mönchs Andrej Bitow (2012) piano, transducer, tape and video \| 8' \| score \| video 4) Zeit ist nicht gutmütig/Ein letztes Zeichen internationalistischer Solidarität (2011) synchronous version 5) Zeit ist nicht gutmütig/Aus der Äonen-Chronik des Mönchs Andrej Bitow (2012) synchronous version 6) Aus der Äonen-Chronik des Mönchs Andrej Bitow/Ein letztes Zeichen internationalistischer Solidarität (2012) synchronous version 7) Zeit ist nicht gutmütig/Aus der Äonen-Chronik des Mönchs Andrej Bitow/Ein letztes Zeichen internationalistischer Solidarität (2012) synchronous version
	2011 CAN FEE IF [CAFFEINE-Remix] flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, harp, transducer \| 10' \| score \| audio
	2010 Radau um K. flute, clarinet, viola, percussion, piano, harp, tape \| 10' \| score \| programme notice \| audio A Walk Through H piano 2 to 4 hands score \| audio
	Steinhof for orchestra in four sections (2.2.3.3.- 4.2.3.1.- 4 perc.2 hp.pn.- 12.10.8.6.4) \| 15' \| score \| audio version for chamber orchestra in four sections (2.2.2.2.-2.2.1.- 2 perc.hp.pno.- 8.6.4.4.2) \| 15' \| score
	2008 El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan [The garden of forking paths] with videos by Nicolas Wiese I. Installation for electroacoustics and multiscreen animation video \| varible duration excerpt from the realisation in Berlinische Galerie on 20/11/2009: video II. Concert piece for flute, clarinet, viola, cello, percussion, piano, harp and multi screen animation video \| Dauer: 120' score whole performance by Ensemble Uqbar: audio excerpts from the realisation with Ensemble Adapter in Berlinische Galerie on 20/11/2009: video video
	2007 Hyperborea flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, harp \| 10' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	2006 Gehen after Thomas Bernhard alto flute, clarinet, horn, cello, piano, harp, percussion \| 14' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	Aporie (Über die Zeit) piano, harp, piano, clarinet, cello \| 11' \| score \| audio
	2005 Arboretum ensemble (fl, ob, cl, sx, perc, pno, v l, va, vc) \| 11' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	Constellatio splendens alto flute, horn, viola, viola, percussion, harp version for alto flute, horn, viola, cello, percussion, harp \| 6' \| score \| audio
	2004 Nomoi flute, clarinet, piano, percussion \| 12' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	Motetus flute, percussion, harp \| 1' \| score \| audio
	2003 Geranos ensemble (fl, ob, cl, sax, bn, hr, trp, trb, perc, pno, 2 vl, va, vc, db) \| 11' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	An Abstract for Orchestra (2.2.2.2. - 4.2.3.1. - 3. - hp. - str.) \| 3' \| score \| audio
	2002 Komplemente clarinet, cello, accordion \| 10’ \| score \| audio
	Plötzlich bekomme ich Schluckauf [Suddenly I get hiccup], a play for four voices and four instruments variable duration
	Münchhausen – an opera scene duration: 15' \| score
	2001 Zeichenspiel ensemble (fl, cl, sax, acc, e-guit, hp, pn, 2 vl, 2 vc) \| 13' \| score \| audio
	The Lobster Quadrille A Piece for children after Lewis Carroll violin, cello, piano \| 8’ \| score \| audio
	2000 Er-Zählungen two recorders, harp, marimba \| 12’
	(Um)deutungen saxophone quartet \| 8’ score
	1999 Thanatos after texts by P. Celan, R.M. Rilke, D. Grünbein and Antiphilos of Byzantium mezzo soprano, baritone, chamber ensemble (fl, ob, cl, bs, hp, 3 perc, pn, 2 vl, va, vc, db) \| 25’ score I Prolog audio II Morgue audio III Epitaph I audio IV Epitaph II audio V Epitaph III audio VI Schlußstück audio VII Epilog audio top of page
	discography Karamasow (Tom Rojo Poller's Virtual Recomposition) on: Paul Frick: Hofknicks, col legno 2020 Tom Rojo Poller: "gehen" - chamber and ensemble music 2004-2007 Ensemble Adapter TORO music, 2010 tracklist: 1. Aporie (Über die Zeit) 2. Nomoi 3. Motetus 4. Constellatio splendens 5. Hyperborea 6. Gehen 7. Bastards (Paul Frick Cross-Remix) buy Radau um K. on „Denkklänge für Walter Benjamin" - CD supplement of the book „Klang und Musik bei Walter Benjamin" (Wilhelm Fink 2013) buy Zeichenspiel on „Das junge Berlin - Neue Musik aus der Metropole" Ensemble Experimente, cond.: Gerhard Scherer musica ex tempore 1005 top of page

	works
	2023 The Anatomy of Melancholy – Musik für 136 Instrumentalstimmen und 34 Räume 16 Live-Instrumente - 120 virtuelle Instrumente, Dauer: variabel 2022 LONGUE DURÉE \| COURTE DURÉE - MOMENTS MUSICAUX A text-music labyrinth for six string instruments, tape and text representation duration: variable score excerpt: Zeitreise und Umkehr (text and music: Tom Rojo Poller; voice: Alexander Kluge) 2021 BZWN \| Square Dances Ensemble Quillo, video, tape 45' video version 2020 Kara_Rework electroacoustic music 8' 2019 Black And White Narcissus Freeze violin, cello, performer, video, tape, live camera 10' score video version #0088ff (1968) five times prismatized, projected and interpolated for three violins, two violas, cello and tape 7' 2018 6-Step Scatter (Dub) daegeum, koto, video 9'30'' video WellenWalzenWellness piano, electronics 12' 2017 FUMÉE TRAMÉE A Rondeau machine Violin, Bass Clarinet, Accordion; 10' score \| audio Rules of Summer flute, clarinet, piano, projection, electronics; 60' I: audio video II: audio video III: audio video IV: audio video V: audio video VI: audio video VII/VIII: audio video IX: audio video X: audio video XI: audio video XII: audio video XIII: audio video XIV: audio video 2015 Geschichte vom verkehrten Tag play for kids after Hans Fallada narrator, flute, cello, piano, electronics; 50' excerpts: I Retüweru II Träumerei mit Webernknecht III Poème metronomique IV Variatellen VI Ritt zu dritt VIII Deutscher Eintopf IX T'rrinchens Mondfahrt X Schaukelei XI Golipe 2014 Walzen bass flute, piano, percussion, tape 9' \| score \| audio 2013 Music by Numbers 1 Stravinsky Rework violin, double bass, piano, harp and tape 7' \| score \| audio Music by Numbers 2 Schoenberg Rework alto flute, clarinet, marimba and tape 7' \| score \| audio Music by Numbers 3 Schoenvinsky Rework (simultaneous version of Music by Numbers 1 and Music by Numbers 2) violin, double bass, piano, harp, alto flute, clarinet, marimba and tape 7' \| audio OH SOLITUDE O O I U E after Henry Purcell counter tenor and tape 8'30'' \| score \| audio Rescattered Melodies Sanjo Remix daegeum and cello 8'10'' \| score \| audio The Tentative Ear 8'40'' \| video
	2012 Über-Schreib-Maschine rminiature for music theatre after Franz Kafka's Brief an den Vater harpsichord, percussion, electric guitar, transducer, tape, media ensemble 13' \| score \| audio \| video version Sprech-Maschine \| Ur-Geräusch electroacoustic piece after a letter from Rainer Maria Rilke \| video
	2011/12 DIE UNHEIMLICHKEIT DER ZEIT after Alexander Kluge 1) Zeit ist nicht gutmütig (2011) piano, transducer, tape and video \| 8-10' \| score \| video 2) Ein letztes Zeichen internationalistischer Solidarität (2011) piano, transducer, tape and video \| 3' \| score \| video 3) Aus der Äonen-Chronik des Mönchs Andrej Bitow (2012) piano, transducer, tape and video \| 8' \| score \| video 4) Zeit ist nicht gutmütig/Ein letztes Zeichen internationalistischer Solidarität (2011) synchronous version 5) Zeit ist nicht gutmütig/Aus der Äonen-Chronik des Mönchs Andrej Bitow (2012) synchronous version 6) Aus der Äonen-Chronik des Mönchs Andrej Bitow/Ein letztes Zeichen internationalistischer Solidarität (2012) synchronous version 7) Zeit ist nicht gutmütig/Aus der Äonen-Chronik des Mönchs Andrej Bitow/Ein letztes Zeichen internationalistischer Solidarität (2012) synchronous version
	2011 CAN FEE IF [CAFFEINE-Remix] flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, harp, transducer \| 10' \| score \| audio
	2010 Radau um K. flute, clarinet, viola, percussion, piano, harp, tape \| 10' \| score \| programme notice \| audio A Walk Through H piano 2 to 4 hands score \| audio
	Steinhof for orchestra in four sections (2.2.3.3.- 4.2.3.1.- 4 perc.2 hp.pn.- 12.10.8.6.4) \| 15' \| score \| audio version for chamber orchestra in four sections (2.2.2.2.-2.2.1.- 2 perc.hp.pno.- 8.6.4.4.2) \| 15' \| score
	2008 El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan [The garden of forking paths] with videos by Nicolas Wiese I. Installation for electroacoustics and multiscreen animation video \| varible duration excerpt from the realisation in Berlinische Galerie on 20/11/2009: video II. Concert piece for flute, clarinet, viola, cello, percussion, piano, harp and multi screen animation video \| Dauer: 120' score whole performance by Ensemble Uqbar: audio excerpts from the realisation with Ensemble Adapter in Berlinische Galerie on 20/11/2009: video video
	2007 Hyperborea flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, harp \| 10' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	2006 Gehen after Thomas Bernhard alto flute, clarinet, horn, cello, piano, harp, percussion \| 14' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	Aporie (Über die Zeit) piano, harp, piano, clarinet, cello \| 11' \| score \| audio
	2005 Arboretum ensemble (fl, ob, cl, sx, perc, pno, v l, va, vc) \| 11' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	Constellatio splendens alto flute, horn, viola, viola, percussion, harp version for alto flute, horn, viola, cello, percussion, harp \| 6' \| score \| audio
	2004 Nomoi flute, clarinet, piano, percussion \| 12' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	Motetus flute, percussion, harp \| 1' \| score \| audio
	2003 Geranos ensemble (fl, ob, cl, sax, bn, hr, trp, trb, perc, pno, 2 vl, va, vc, db) \| 11' \| score \| programme notice \| audio
	An Abstract for Orchestra (2.2.2.2. - 4.2.3.1. - 3. - hp. - str.) \| 3' \| score \| audio
	2002 Komplemente clarinet, cello, accordion \| 10’ \| score \| audio
	Plötzlich bekomme ich Schluckauf [Suddenly I get hiccup], a play for four voices and four instruments variable duration
	Münchhausen – an opera scene duration: 15' \| score
	2001 Zeichenspiel ensemble (fl, cl, sax, acc, e-guit, hp, pn, 2 vl, 2 vc) \| 13' \| score \| audio
	The Lobster Quadrille A Piece for children after Lewis Carroll violin, cello, piano \| 8’ \| score \| audio
	2000 Er-Zählungen two recorders, harp, marimba \| 12’
	(Um)deutungen saxophone quartet \| 8’ score
	1999 Thanatos after texts by P. Celan, R.M. Rilke, D. Grünbein and Antiphilos of Byzantium mezzo soprano, baritone, chamber ensemble (fl, ob, cl, bs, hp, 3 perc, pn, 2 vl, va, vc, db) \| 25’ score I Prolog audio II Morgue audio III Epitaph I audio IV Epitaph II audio V Epitaph III audio VI Schlußstück audio VII Epilog audio top of page
	discography Karamasow (Tom Rojo Poller's Virtual Recomposition) on: Paul Frick: Hofknicks, col legno 2020 Tom Rojo Poller: "gehen" - chamber and ensemble music 2004-2007 Ensemble Adapter TORO music, 2010 tracklist: 1. Aporie (Über die Zeit) 2. Nomoi 3. Motetus 4. Constellatio splendens 5. Hyperborea 6. Gehen 7. Bastards (Paul Frick Cross-Remix) buy Radau um K. on „Denkklänge für Walter Benjamin" - CD supplement of the book „Klang und Musik bei Walter Benjamin" (Wilhelm Fink 2013) buy Zeichenspiel on „Das junge Berlin - Neue Musik aus der Metropole" Ensemble Experimente, cond.: Gerhard Scherer musica ex tempore 1005 top of page