Honorary Award of the German Record Critics for Ludger Brümmer

In the association Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award), music critics and journalists from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland have come together to award outstanding music and spoken word productions. The annual committee awards Honorary Awards to outstanding personalities who, as interpreters, artists, or producers, have made a noteworthy contribution to the recording of music on audio and video mediums. As a digital pioneer, composer Ludger Brümmer explores ways of integrating computer technology and sound art.

We congratulate Ludger Brümmer on winning the Honorary Award of the German Record Critics' Award.

Jury Statement

Few composers of computer music appeal to both emotion and intellect. Ludger Brümmer might be the only one. His works, created with advanced sound technology, are just as effective in a surround sound environment as they are at home between good loudspeakers. Wergo provides access to his work with two double CDs. “Spheres of Resonance” (2022) presents Brümmer’s dramatic sound world, newly-created from interaction with historical material by Gesualdo, for example. “Sonic Patterns” (2023) astounds with its symphonic proportions and its seductive combination of innovation with emotional intensity. Inevitably, images arise before the inner eye. Ludger Brümmer’s works create sound spaces of hypnotic power. As a digital pioneer, he has explored ways to integrate computer technology with sound art. At the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, he made important innovations in sound generation, such as the granular synthesis of early music, and physical modeling. The words seem dry, but sounds are fascinating, perfect – and beautiful.

(Für den Jahresausschuss: Isabel Steppeler)

More of Ludgar Brümmer

Spheres of Resonance Ludger Brümmer  The double album “Spheres of Resonance” contains central works from Ludger Brümmer's compositional oeuvre. In these, Ludger Brümmer not only explores new timbres or new musical architectures, but also attempts to resolve the ontological discontinuity between macro- and microstructure inherent in traditional musical writing.   view in store

Sonic Patterns Ludger Brümmer  For decades, Ludger Brümmer has represented a unique, courageous, and often instantly recognisable voice in electronic, algorithmic, and computer music. He develops structures that lead to aesthetic experiences normally found, if at all, only in the most expressive of instrumental works. The double CD "Ludger Brümmer: Sonic Patterns", published by WERGO in the Edition ZKM, is a result of the project EASTN-DC and funded by the program 'Creative Europe'. The first double CD "Ludger Brümmer: Spheres of Resonance" was released by WERGO in August 2022.   view in store