Manuel Alcaraz Clemente has developed various musical and performative concepts for his solo concerts, including Silence Must Beat (2015), Interieur (2018), and An Elemental Thing (2020). As a soloist, he has performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, England, and Switzerland.
His performances span a wide range of genres, from interpreting classics of the contemporary percussion repertoire—featuring works by Iannis Xenakis, Helmut Lachenmann, and Franco Donatoni—to regular collaborations with emerging composers whose innovative pieces and performance concepts garner international attention. His work also includes performative and improvisational presentations.
Solo Repertoire: open PDF
Upcoming: ON:DRUMS
ON:DRUMS is a solo drumset performance exploring the many dimensions of the drumset in contemporary music. Created and curated by Manuel Alcaraz Clemente, the program highlights the instrument’s versatility through works by Frank Zappa, Enno Poppe, and Sarah Nemtsov, alongside three world premieres—including commissioned pieces by Alexander Bauer, Diego Jiménez Tamame, and a new work chosen through a “Call for Scores” competition.
Featuring a custom-built drumset, expanded with additional instruments and unique preparations, ON:DRUMS showcases a one-of-a-kind setup. Each piece offers a fresh perspective on the drumset’s role in modern music. Premiering in June 2025 at Kulturkotter Graz, this performance invites audiences to experience the drumset’s diversity and evolving possibilities.
An Elemental Thing
An Elemental Thing proposes a program with a clean, lucid and intelligible setting on stage, containing pieces that follow a similar line: the brilliant compositional and musical exploration of a single body.
Music by Liza Lim, Wojtek Blecharz, Diego Jiménez Tamame, Jadwiga Frei and Emre Sinan Kaleli.