Klaus Lang
Klaus Lang (1971) does not treat music as a vesselfor extra-musical content like politics, philosophy, social change, etc. Instead, he sees it as an independent, self-sufficient acoustic object. Sound, explored through aural experience, becomes a temporal phenomenon – “audible time”. That is to say that for Klaus Lang (“klang”), time manifesting itself in sound is the very substance of music. When we commune with a workof art, it is possible to slow our hectic world down or suspend its movement altogether, transforming it into eternity and infinity. The knowledge that our lives must come to an end amplifies our yearning for timelessness that can be found in music – in its continuity and its surprising turns. Klaus Lang holds a degree in composition from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz; he also trained as an organist and remains an active organ player and improviser. In 2006 Lang was appointed as professor of composition at the above mentioned university in Graz.
