International electroacoustic composer and sound artist Ina Thomann will be on the Escanaba Campus Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 2 p.m. Eastern. The performance and lecture are free and open to the public.
Electroacoustic composer and sound artist Ina Thomann emerges as a distinctive voice at the intersection of research, technology, and immersive listening. Based in Graz, Austria and trained at the University of Art in Graz, Thomann’s practice is driven by a concept-first methodology that transforms questions into deeply experiential sonic works. Combining self-programmed sound systems, field recordings, and custom-built instruments, their compositions challenge conventional formats, unfolding across extended durations that blur the boundaries between concert and sound installation. A recipient of Austria’s prestigious Staatsstipendium für Komposition in 2025, Thomann continues to gain international recognition for work that redefines how sound is perceived—not as a fleeting event, but as a space to inhabit.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My practice begins with a question, often a what if. Something read, something seen, a passing thought, and from there, a process of
thinking with and through sound, of making audible what is not yet hearable. This
research-driven, concept-first approach is the engine of everything I do: before a
piece becomes sound, it is a question, an image, a provocation. I work from a position
of openness, with self-programmed sounds and self-built instruments that offer a kind
of tabula rasa, a blank page from which I can move in any direction the concept demands.
Since 2023, this practice has led me deeper into the question of duration: how extended
time transforms perception, how a composition can be inhabited rather than just witnessed,
and how the threshold between concert and sound installation becomes a space for a
different kind of listening.
This event is free and open to the public. The event is in Besse Theater, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 2 p.m.
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