Chandra Fleig
Chandra Fleig is a part time senior lecturer in the „MA/MMus Film Music“ and „Bachelor of Fine Arts/BFA Sound“ department at Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.
He completed his studies in Popular Music and Sound Technology at Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and has been awarded with the Sennheiser scholarship.
Since completing his studies, he has been working as a freelance songwriter, sound engineer and music producer, teaches in the field of music production and sound design, and has realized and advised both feature film projects and advertising and TV commissioned productions. He has contributed to well over 200 television and film productions for WDR, ARD, SAT.1, RTL, MTV Germany, and the BBC in the field of video, audio, and music production and accompanied and led live events and events at the Cebit, IFA, and FIFA World Cup in the field of post-production.
Field of expertise:
Digital music production, music and sound design, music technology, music recording, music mixing, songwriting, music supervising, post-production workflow between the animation, sound, and film music department. Current and older projects with audio examples under SoundCloud.
Research interests:
Artificial intelligence in music production and songwriting.
In the project “Reverse music production in film and popular music”, current and historical film music and music productions are analyzed and examined.
Cooperation projects:
The WIR! Cooperation project “Uckermark Unplugged” which was funded between 2020-2023 by the Institute for Artistic Research and the Willi Münzenberg Forum Berlin. SoundCloud.
The cooperation project “Art For Futures Potsdam” which was created between 2021-2022 in cooperation with the Film University Babelsberg, the University of Applied Sciences and Technology (HTW) and the Institute for Art and Innovation in Berlin.
The cooperation project “Animation Unplugged” which has been realized since 2009 in cooperation with the Animation and Film Music course at the Film University Babelsberg. Cooperation partner HSLU Lucerne - The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
The cooperation project “Potsdam on Stage” which was realized between 2016-2022 in cooperation with the Film University Babelsberg, the municipal utilities Potsdam, the Lindenpark Potsdam, and the Center for Popular Music in Brandenburg “ZPOP”.
Transfer projects:
“Brandenburg drumming” - Transfer project between the Film University Babelsberg and the ZPOP. Realized by students of the Cinematography and Editing course at the Film University Babelsberg.
The podcast for film, research, and knowledge transfer “Third Clap” on the transfer and cooperation projects can be heard here.
Artistic qualification project:
“All the way back to Liverpool” is a multi-part documentary series about five musicians, the birth of their songs, their friendship, and the love of music. Created and completed 2010-2013.
Further teaching:
Chandra Fleig held lectures, workshops, seminars and lectures for the Foundation of the German Economy, Animago, Mac Expo, Didacta, Photokina and Music Fair Frankfurt, at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Aalto University Helsinki, Academy for Fashion and Communication in Düsseldorf, the DAAD, Berlinale Talent Campus and IMMSANE.
Further activities:
Chandra Fleig is an advisor and co-founder of the Center Pop in Brandenburg: https://zentrum-pop.de