Gottfried Martin (1944–2011, Vienna)

a violist, visual artist and composer. Martin first studied violin and viola at the Vienna Music Academy and completed private studies in painting, graphics and sculpture. As a violist he worked in the orchestras of the Volks- und Staatsoper and became a member of the Vienna Philharmonic in 1974, later becoming chairman of the works council.
In addition, his passion was computer music. In Vienna he founded the Society for Electronic Music (GEM) and initiated the festival Acustica.
In 1991/92 he directed the project Austrian Soundscape, a sound installation in the Austrian pavilion at the EXPO 1992 in Seville, in which works by himself, Dieter Kaufmann and Günther Rabl were played for six months.

AUSTRIAN LANDSCAPE (1991/92, stereo, 62 min)
Composition commissioned by EXPO ’92 Seville

source: CD amadeo