CINEMUSICSince 1989 Oberg works for the German Filmmuseum Frankfurt and the German Filminsitut in Wiesbaden. Through the years
he accompanied most of the important silent films and has become a film-pianist in demand. His music is based on
live-improvisation, he creates an independent music rooted in Jazz and Contemporary Music, which includes extraordinary
sounds derived from advanced piano-techniques, like playing on prepared strings etc.
Oberg mostly plays solo for films, but there also has been collaborations with other musicians like Wolfgang Schliemann,
C.L. Huebsch, Paul Hubweber, Alfred Harth, Rudi Mahall, Xu Fengxia, Luigi Archetti, an electro-acoustic duo with Uli Boettcher
and his CINEMUSIC ENSEMBLE with Christof Thewes (trombone) and Joerg Fischer (drums & percussion).
“Oberg is one of the most interesting free pianists of the younger generation.” [MICHAEL RIETH, FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU]
In 2006 he wrote a new music for "THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI".
Soundfiles:-Caligari 1--Caligari 2--Caligari 3
His latest project (2008) is "THE NAVIGATOR" by Buster Keaton with music for piano and trombone (Christof Thewes).
SELECTON OF PAST PROJECTS
- SINFONIA METAGATROPOLI Silent film / music - performance with "Berlin - die Sinfonie der Großstadt" and music for piano,
--percussion and tapes, w W. Schliemann, 1993
- Music for the experimental - short MEDITATION MACHINE by Franz Kluge, Wiesbaden, 1992
- TONSPUR filmmusic - performance without film, 1993
- WANDLUNGEN Experimental - film / music / dance - performance with a film by Ch. Schlegel, piano, percussion and dancer,
--w Schliemann & Fine Kwiatkowski, 1994
- ALFRED HARTH & UWE OBERG play music for SILENT AVANTGARDE FILMS (Man Ray, Ruttmann, Dulac, Leger), 1999
- Music for JUHA by AKI KAURISMAEKI (Finnland, 1999) w Paul Hubweber (trombone) & Carl Ludwig Huebsch (tuba, drums), 1999,
--MusikFilmFest Schoenhausen (Mecklenburg)
- Musik for films by MAN RAY, Retrospektive Man Ray, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt/M. 2000
- MAN RAY SHORTS & LIVE-MUSIK Films by Man Ray & electronic/acoustic live-music w Oberg, Uli Boettcher a. Axel Schrepfer
--Musik-Film-Fest Wiesbaden 2001
- FRENCH AVANTGARDE FILMS & live-music, Jazztage Freiberg/Sachsen 2001
- Music for avantgarde-films at the FILM-KUNST-MUSEUM Ulm w Xu Fengxia and Luigi Archetti, November 2001
- THE KID by C. Chaplin with Rudi Mahall (bcl), Caligari Wiesbaden, December 2001
- French Silent Film-Avantgarde with electronic/acoustic live-music w Oberg, Uli Boettcher, OPENING-FESTIVAL Trier a.o.,
--November 2003
- JUHA by AKI KAURISMÄKI (Finnland, 1999) w Carl Ludwig Huebsch (tuba, drums), Cottbus, Gladhouse, 2004
- DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI w Christof Thewes (tb.) and Jörg Fischer (drums, perc.), St. Wendeler Jazztage 2005
- Music for the contemporary film UN COEUR GELÉ EN ÉTÉ by Mikko Linnemann, 2006
- DVD "Nitrospektive", music for rare silent commercials, 2008
SOME REVIEWS
...exitingly Oberg coloured the dark and scary moods of the film and therefore intensified the funnymoments perfectly...
--NEUE OSNABRUECKER ZEITUNG
...with Oberg’s music the films get more energy and space… MAERKISCHE ODERZEITUNG
...Oberg’s piano, his playing on the strings, the plucked passages condense with the electronic sonority to an unique collage,
which refer to the make of the dadaistic/surrealistic films. An experience for all senses. FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG