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Pèlerinages Kunstfest Weimar 2011
This year’s Kunstfest Weimar was celebrating the 200th anniversary of the great European musician Franz Liszt with a festival based on the motto “Vision”. Liszt had a vision of a New Weimar, of New Music and an Olympics of the Arts. Inspired by these...
Eastward
For over 15 years, the ensemble recherche has collaborated with the art and cultural scenes and institutions of higher education to establish new international cooperative ventures. Its efforts to develop new networks for musicians and composers from...
Olivier Messiaen
Stalag VIII A was a German POW camp now located in the Polish city of Zgorzelec, a neighbouring city of Görlitz in Germany. Olivier Messiaen (1908 1992), one of most magnificent composers of the 20th century, was a French paramedic during World War...
Klang / Sound - The 24 Hours of the Day
After completing his work cycle Licht (Light) in 2003, the 77-year-old Stockhausen immediately began working on his next major project. While Licht is based on the week as a unit of time (seven days), Klang (Sound) focuses on the hour (the 24 hours...
MACHTMUSIK
Artistic director: Thomas Christoph Heyde Artists: H.-W. Henze, Friedrich Schenker, Chaya Czernowin (IL), Olga Neuwirth (A), Rolf Riehm, Marc Smith (USA), Alec Empire (GB) Venues: Leipzig: Werk II - Kulturfabrik, Moritzbastei, Kino Cineding Schedule:...
Niebla
The young composer Elena Mendoza-López is especially interested in developing new forms of musical theatre and exploring the musical aspects of speech. In order to interweave music and theatre, she has composed music for a new theatre piece based on...
10th Anniversary of the Osnabrück Morgenland Festival
The Osnabrück Morgenland Festival enjoys an excellent reputation among international music festivals. The annual programme provides an overview of contemporary musical culture of the Middle East, from traditional music to avant-garde and rock. The...
Musica Mobile
Das Musik- und Klangkunst-Festival "Was hören wir? Das musikalisierte Land", das alljährlich im ländlichen Raum zwischen Leipzig, Dresden und Chemnitz einen musikalischen Höhepunkt bildet, erschloss von 2009 bis 2011 neue Aufführungsorte und -formen...
Moers Festival 2014 - Big Line-Ups
Since it was founded in 1972, the “moers festival” has become one of the world’s most influential festivals of contemporary music. It serves as a stage for musicians around the world who go in search of new forms of expression beyond the musical...
Stream of Milk, Bed of Questions, Grail Machines
Germany commemorated the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner in 2013. In honour of this great composer, the Kunstfest Weimar has presented productions of contemporary art which featured or made reference to Richard Wagner. The highlight of the...