He composed music for films & plays, e.g. for Aki Kaurismäki. Toured in Italy, France, Spain, Brazil; concerts in N.Y, with Ed Ware & Hal Onserut. Project with members of the Living Theatre ("This House Is Mine", 1995).
Manages his own label since 1995. His "Inquisitorien" for prepared piano (KTMP 9805) was an international success. Due to this record the British Library (Sound Archives) bought all his works.
Director of "spielraum" (room to move): series of concerts at particularly interesting venues 2003 - 2008.
Other important recordings are "beyond" (KTMP 5306), "Madrigali 1°libro" (KTMP 2003), "Madrigali 2° & 3°libro" (KTMP 2005), "katachi" (KTMP 5307) + "beach crossing" (KTMP 5308).
passages: musical & philosophical
Masterclass with Herbie Hancock & Tony Williams at Mozarteum Salzburg 1987 Masterclass with Barry Harris' Jazzworkshop New York 1992 Masterclass: George Crumb, Musikhochschule Wien 1994 Doing research on grants in Berlin & Paris: Ph. D. (mcl) 1984; grants from the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Naples: Seminar 1988, 89, 90 with Remo Bodei (esthetics), Paul Ricoeur (hermeneutics), Leo Löwenthal (literature)
Lectureship in sociology, Erlangen University, 1988-1994.
played concerts in:
New York (with Ed Ware, Hal Onserut, Chris Kelsey, Blaise Siwula) a.o. Knitting Factory, studio recording 1996 Paris (Competition Martial Solal 1989), Nimes, Rennes, Dunkerque, Venice, Mestre, Padua, Bozen (Museum of Modern Art 2005), Naples, Taormina (Prima Edizione 2000), Merano (with Lou Grassi, 2007), Krakau (SoloDuoTrio 1988), Wladimir, Eskilstuna, Barcelona, Salzburg, Berlin (Berlinale 1999), Köln (Loft 1996), Wuppertal, Essen (Folkwang Hochschule), Hamburg, Nuremberg (Jazz Ost-West 1988, K 4, with Lou Grassi 2007), Dresden (FIM-Festival 2005), Jena, Regensburg, Munich (ZKMax, with Yehlin Lee, 2005), Freiburg; Brasilia, Sao Paulo (with Livio Tragtenberg), Sao Bento do Sapucaí, Guaiùba, Fortaleza (Conservatorio, 2006, with David Krebs and Jerônimo Neta), Tbilisi …
lectures (selection):
- "On Artistic Creativity"
Catalog 'Oswaldo Fórty', Geis Collection, Nuremberg 2007
English/German text, p.52 - 59
- "Music - a reality to be listened to"
Contribution to a meeting on
-"Mulitple Realities" University Halle, 2001; printed version: Frankfurt/Main, 2003 (Peter Lang), Ed.:Matthias Kaufmann
-"Listening to Music"
Lecture delivered on the occasion of the AEGEE-conference, july 6. 1996, University Erlangen
from a feature:
by journalist Andreas Radlmaier (2000):
I am a jazz musician but to go through history in 12 bars – that can't be all." Looking at the musical environment sceptically is part of the attitude of pianist and composer Klaus Treuheit. He was never satisfied with "just a little section of musical expression. Dealing with jazz in our times should not be nostalgia only; I am more interested in openness." Consequently, Klaus moved from the free interaction of jazz energies to New Music in the 90s. He has contributed three soundtracks to films by Aki Kaurismäki as well as music for the stage.
In the 80s he and his trio NARDIS were still digging for the roots of the 50s. Then he went on to extend the musical world of Cecil Taylor, of the undervalued drummers Pete LaRoca & Donald Bailey and of Morton Feldman - among others - and changed into a highly individualistic experimentor – in solo performances, with his trios, in duos with different partners like bass-clarinet player Rudi Mahall, the free jazz giant Peter Kowald, the drummer Walter Bittner or a string trio - to mention a few.
His major focus is always the art of the concentrated dialogue. An important Munich paper wrote: "His music is always exciting and goes way beyond the established modes of jazz." Another paper said: "His music is a real ear-opener!"
Do yourself a favour and listen.