Migration into eternity

As the Darmstädter ferienkurse für neue musik 2018 continues to unwrap its treats, quite a special ear-candy was on the menu on this fourth to last day! Among the pieces on the program on this Wednesday 25th, Centro de Experimentación y Producción de Música Contemporánea played a piece “Migracion” by Marisol Jimenez. And her sensibility and…

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Immersed in Orchestra… on a Wire

The Darmstädter ferienkurse für neue musik had its very first performance of the festival. Well… No. Not a performance. Not an installation. A sound immersion! Because Christina Kubisch’s ‘Orchestra on a Wire’ was just that (for me at least). An offer of experiencing an orchestra, a performance, in a way you haven’t before, proximity to…

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When the Sideshow is the main show

Have you ever thought anout what do all the manmade creatures of the amusement parks do at night?Do they come to life? Would they, do they, get upset? Of how they are treated. Do they have feeling and thoughts of rebellion and overtaking their “masters”, the human? How loud, or how silently and steely creepy…

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Seeing the movement, imagining the sound

We are about a week into the 48th Darmstädter Ferienkurse… Although never being able to respond and physically be present here for the Ferienkurse, his spirit and music, and influence, still manages to echo, through continuous mentions and performances of his music… So somehow sharing a silent recording of Schoenberg conducting Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4,…

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