INTRODUCTION
Blaine L.
Reininger is an American composer born in 1953 in
Pueblo, Colorado. Having studied violin from age 9 guitar from age 11
and music theory and composition through high school and into college, he left Colorado in 1976 for San Francisco. There, in 1977, as a consequence of his
studies in electronic music at San Francisco City College, he started the legendary American cult
band Tuxedomoon together with classmate Steven Brown.
In 1981,
Reininger and the group left America to practice their art in Europe. Over the course of the ensuing years, many artistic collaborations took place and many cd’s were recorded. These collaborations, while mostly
musical in nature, often moved into other fields such as dance, theatre, and
film.
Reininger
continues to live and work in Europe, having lived in Athens, Greece since 1998.
CONTACT
MUSIC:
(see attached discographies)
FILM
1992
“Dogs Licking My Heart”, court metrage, Lead Role,
directed by Nicholas Triandafyllidis
1994
“Radio Moscow”, longue metrage,
“the musician”, directed by Nicholas Triandafyllidis
1996
“The Overcoat”, telefilm, “santa
claus”, directed by Nicholas Triandafyllidis
1999
“Black Milk”, longue metrage,
“the magician”, directed by Nicholas Triandafyllidis
2014 "The Sentimentalists" longue metrage, "the troika member",
directed by Nicholas Triandafyllidis
2014 "Elephantas", courte metrage, "tourist", directed by Vagelis
Zouglos
2015 "The Republic", longue metrage, "Noel, the corrupt oilman"
directed by Dimitris Tzetzas
2017 "Sacrilege", longue metrage, Kostas, directed by Marsa Makri
THEATRE
1999-2000 “Agamemnon”, part of Agamemnon, Diplos Eros Theatre company, Athens Greece, directed
by Mikhail Marmarinos
2000-2003 “Isaia L’Irreducibile”,
part “the violinist”, Compagnia Katzenmacher, San
Casciano, Italy,
director Alfonso Santagata
2001 “Spiel mir das Lied vom
Tod”, part “Henry Fonda“, Volksbuehne Theatre, Berlin, Germany, director Albrecht Hirche.
2003 “Die 10 Besten Rocksongs in der Weltgeschichte“, part
“the DJ“ soundtrack, produced by Schauspiel Koln, Cologne, Germany, director Albrecht Hirche.
2003 “Death of Danton“,“the foreigner“, soundtrack, Theatro Amore, Athens, Greece, director
Albrecht Hirche
2006 “Elektra” “the musician”, originial soundtrack, Athens Festival, Athens, Greece,
director Angela Brusko.
2007 “Rain”,
“Matthias” Athens Festival, director
Akilas Karazisis
2008 “Nykta tou
Mystikon” “Miss Colorado” Greek National Theatre, director
Elli Papakonstantinou
2008-10 "Electric Girl" "Thomas Swanson" Theatro Thesion, Kalamata Dance
Festival,
director
Apostolia Papadamaki, composed music.
2009 “Baxkes” “Old Dionysos”, Theatro Poreia, director Renate Jett
2010 "Lithi", Theatro Poreia, director Dimitris Tarlow, composed music
2010 " New Electric Ballroom" , Theatro Xora, director Dimitris Karantzis,
composed music
2010 "Danton's Death", STEGI, Onnasis Cultural Center, director Stathis
Livathinos, composed music. (Nominated for award for best music of the year by
Athinorama)
2011 "Double Take", Athens Festival, choreographed by Yiota Kalimani, composed
and performed music.
2011 "American Buffalo", Theatro Poreia, director Dimitris Tarlow, composed
music.
2012 "Antigone" Sophocles, Athens Epidaurus Festival, director Dimitris
Bitos, composed and performed music.
2012-14 "Clear Tears", choreographed
by Thierry Smits, composed and performed music together with Steven Brown
and Maxime Bodson
2015 "Angels", video performance, Theatre du
Grutli, Geneva, directed and conceived by Cosima Weiter and Alexandre Simon,
composed and performed music.
2016 "Picnic With The Devil"
based on "The Master and Margarita" by Bulgakov,
Greek National Theatre,
Directed by Maria Panourgia. Played Woland, composed and performed original
music.
2017 "Caligula" "by Albert Camus, directed by Aliki
Danezi-Knutsen for the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus. Composed and performed
original music.
2018 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward
Albee for STEGI, The Onassis Cultural Centre. Directed by Maria Panourgia.
Composed and performed original music.
BLAINE L. REININGER SOLO DISCOGRAPHY
TUXEDOMOON DISCOGRAPHY