Ferdinand Schwarz

Exploring issues of time and perception, Ferdinand Schwarz is a composer-performer intrigued by slow and seemingly simple sounds, that he deploys in the design of compositions and communal listening practices.

In search of a music that allows one to be immersed in its presence, unchanging, not telling a story as such, but making space for being continuous and presently now, his work unfolds in formal rigour towards an emotional depth that fosters emptiness and recalibration; in resistance of a high-paced and profit based concept of the world.

Ferdinand is interested in listening as an active condition; a creative and contingent tool pointing towards states of magnified presence and self-experience.

His solo project the rhythms of harmony in space is a performance-installation utilising wave interference, just intonation, and the experience of space via listening with a self-built instrument made of multiple air-pressure machines and melodicas.

Since 2023 he hosts regular sounding listening sessions where communal listening practices are explored.

Together with Jonas Evenstad they form the group functions of time exploring extended durations performances and creative listening modes.