Photo: Alice Arnold a2studio..org - hi-res version here..
His works have been presented at festivals in the US, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, India, South Africa, the Middle East and all over Europe. He has recorded on labels such as Clang, Innova, ESP-DISK, Nur/Nicht/Nur, Gold Bolus, Nachtstück, Creative Sources, Leo Records, Potlatch and Outnow.
Hans Tammen received grants and composer commissions from NewMusicUSA, Chamber Music America, MAPFund, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, American Music Center, Lucas Artists Residencies Montalvo, New York State Council On The Arts (NYSCA), New York Foundation For The Arts (NYFA), American Composers Forum w/ Jerome Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Funds, New York State Music Fund, Goethe Institute w/ Foreign Affairs Office, among others.
He plays electronics, synthesizers and guitars, and writes for and conducts large ensembles, notably his all-electronic Dark Circuits Orchestra, and the 18-piece chamber-jazz ensemble Third Eye Orchestra, both founded in 2005. In 2021 FLUX String Quartet commissioned him to write a large work for string quartet and live electronics.
Hans Tammen is currently teaching at School of Visual Arts, Hunter College and NYU. From 2001 to 2014 he worked at Harvestworks Digital Media Art Center in NYC, where he was responsible for the Client Services, Education and Artist In Residence program, helping countless digital media artists through completion of their works. As an arbitrator at BTQ in the 1990s, he spent a decade advising unions about electronic monitoring and surveillance at the workplace, and negotiating contracts and agreements to minimize surveillance aspects. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kassel, studying on a stipend from Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
Writings
Tammen, H: Audio Orchestrator for Installation and Performance, Case Study on BBC’s MakerBox / Audio Orchestrator page June 2022. Link here, original link at the BBC here.
Tammen, H: Conflict Of Interest - A Personal Genetic Data Sonfication, in: Sonifikation: Transfer ins Musikalische / Sonification: Transfer into Musical Arts, Program book for the Sonification Festival by BGNM, Hofheim: Wolke, 2017.
Tammen, H.: Case Study - The Endangered Guitar, in: Bovermann, T. and de Campo, A. and Egermann, H. and Hardjowirogo, S. and Weinzierl, S. (ed.): Musical Instruments in the 21st century --- Identities, Configurations, Practices, Springer 2016
Naphtali, D. and Tammen, H.: A View On Improvisation From The Kitchen Sink, in: Leonardo Music Journal Volume 20, 2010
