"Eigenschatten" (2004/2020) in its original version is a work for violin and live recording. The structure of the piece is such that the first half of the work is recorded as it is performed and then, once the halfway point is reached, that recording is played back into the auditorium and new material performed live along with it, creating a duet for one performer. Naturally, this also works with two performers without the live recording and in this case the material of the first half is shared between them before each takes one of the parts in the second half.
The inspiration behind this piece is more abstract than in the other two works on the "Echoes and Shadows" album (Farpoint Recordings, Ireland, 2021) – for the composer it revolves around ideas of solitude, space, and distance.