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Pèlerinages Kunstfest Weimar 2009
"The Ideals" is the motto of the Kunstfest Weimar 2009 - a reference to Franz Liszt's piece of the same name. Liszt, once again the musical role model of the festival, composed music to one of Schiller's poems that reminds us of the impermanence of...
Pèlerinages Kunstfest Weimar 2008
The Kunstfest Weimar pèlerinages ventured on a journey through diverse artistic areas and epochs. The festival presented both classical and recent contemporary music, exhibitions, dance, theatre and literary works. World renowned artists had been...
Radio Muezzin
The call of the muezzin was the theme of a documentary concert titled "Radio Muezzin". The piece was based on the city of Cairo, its soundscape and its people. Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll) worked closely with four muezzins and a radio engineer,...
Prinzhorn
The Prinzhorn Collection at the Heidelberg Psychiatric Clinic uniquely documents the artistic works made by patients in psychiatric institutions. The KlangForum Heidelberg commissions composers to write music with reference to texts and other forms...
Pass-Port
The project "Pass_ΠΟΡΤ" will bring young artists from Germany, Ukraine, Macedonia and Brazil together to create a piece for the "18th Dresden Days of Contemporary Music". The final product will be a dramatic musical event based on the theme of...
Climate
The concerts, musical theatre performances and the colloquium hosted by the Rheinsberger New Music Pentecost Workshop feature a new theme every year. In 2008 the events were based on the theme of "Balance" in reference to the relationship between...
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...