swr.de: "The Karl Sczuka Prize for works of radio art, awarded by the SWR, this year goes to the sound artist Asmus Tietchens. Tietchens, born in Hamburg in 1947, receives the award which is endowed with a prize of 12 500 euros for his sound composition "Trois Dryades"

The independent jury - with the literary scholar Klaus Ramm in the chair - based its decision on the following grounds: "In his radio piece "Trois Dryades", Asmus Tietchens succeeds in creating an unusual interlinking between calmness and tension. From quite unremarkable material - the microscopically recorded sounds created inside a tree trunk as it splits - he develops an evocative composition in three movements. The interaction between vibrating sound surfaces and sharp-edged sound pulses, the change between concrete and abstract, the shift between contemplative expansiveness and physical compression creates a listening experience of particular appeal and quality."

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