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Make up date!

Lecturer: Andreas F. Staffel

Luigi Nono: Intolleranza (1960)
Hans Werner Henze: Sinfonia N. 6 (1969)
Luciano Berio: Sinfonietta (Oh King, to the Memory of Martin Luther King) (1969)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem for a Young Poet (1969)

On the basis of these important works from the 1960s, we will explore the question of how the political changes and worldwide student protests affected the composers' works. And what relevance the topic still has today.

As always, explained on the grand piano and with historical sound and film examples.

Admission free, donations allowed!

Jan Gerdes | Piano

The Berlin pianist Jan Gerdes, renowned interpreter of both classical-romantic and contemporary piano recitals, has for many years, at first in secret but in recent years increasingly coming into the public eye, been musically engaged as a border crosser between classical music, new music, electronics and performance with the interface of contemporary piano music and the sounds of electronic club culture.

Admission free/donations requested

New music from Germany and Ukraine (Roman Yusipey)

Roman Yusipey, accordion

Vil lieber zeit uff diser Erde - Music of the 15th and 16th centuries played on the clavichord

Ellen Hünigen,bound clavichord (built after Parisian model by Andreas Hermert, Berlin)

Admission free/donations requested

There will be songs sung and played by Alexandra. On accordion Vladyslav Urbanski, on guitar Valerij Pysarenko, on bass Michael Jach and on violin Daniel Weltlinger. Afterwards we will watch the new music video together   A film by David Gräber. Saperavi, Georgian wine, will be served.

Admission: 15 Euro

Lecturer: Andreas F. Staffel

At the beginning of the sixties, two compositions marked an important new period in recent music history. With Atmosphères (1960) by the Hungarian composer György Ligeti and Threnody by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, we encounter two masterpieces that employ the compositional technique with large-scale clusters in very different ways.

As always, explained on the grand piano and with historical sound and film examples.

Admission free, donations allowed!

Lecturer: Andreas F. Staffel

In the mid-fifties, the American composer John Cage stirred up the New Music scene, which had been dominated by the strict-serial Darmstadt School in the years before. Hardly anyone could escape his influence. Aleatoric music was born and had a great impact on the following generations.

Admission free, donations allowed!

Instructor: Andreas F. Staffel

After a long summer break, our course on New Music will begin again on Friday, September 30. In the eighth module (The Zero Hour) we will deal with serial music in the period 1949-1957.

Works by Messiaen, Stockhausen (piano pieces), Boulez (Le marteau san maître) and Luigi Nono (Il canto sospeso) will be heard. As always, explained on the grand piano and with historical film and sound examples.

Admission free, donations requested!

Suzanna, vocals and guitar
Mark de Fockert, vocals

Suzanna has been singing about love for a long time. Until now it was a one-sided story. Until she found her current partner. When she found out that he can also sing, she got him on stage. Together they make a program in which the joy, but also the suffering that love brings with it is expressed in full beauty, but also with humor. Suzanna plays the guitar and sings with Mark de Fockert.

Free admission, donations welcome!

One week at Libnow Manor House in the immediate vicinity of the island of Usedom.

The course is designed for students, pupils and those interested in music, regardless of age.

Participation fee: active: 550€ / course listener: 150€

Join us to enjoy musical contributions from our students and faculty! For refreshments we will have coffee and cake. Weather permitting, there will be a barbecue outside!

Admission free

Lecturer: Dr. Pavlos Antoniadis

The composer and architect Iannis Xenakis would have turned one hundred years old on 29.5.2022. Throughout his life, the performances of his highly complex orchestral works, such as Metastasis, have caused a sensation. The great importance of the Messiaen pupil for the music of the twentieth century is undisputed, as is his influence on subsequent generations. As a long-time assistant to the architect Le Corbusier, he also supervised important building projects worldwide. Highly worth seeing and recommending as a first approach to Xenakis' music is the excellent documentary Xenakis Revolution. Baumeister des Klangs in the Arte Mediathek.

Speaking on today's edition of Course in New Music is musicologist, pianist and Xenakis compatriot, Dr. Pavlos Antoniadis, who is a close associate of the Paris Ircam and the Xenakis Foundations.

Free admission, donations requested!

Pavlos Antoniadis | Piano

A piano recital celebrating the centenary of the birth of Greek composer and architect Yannis Xenakis. Highly worth seeing and recommending as a first approach to Xenakis' music is the excellent documentary Xenakis Revolution. Baumeister des Klangs in the Arte Mediathek.

Ort | Location
Wabe Berlin
Danziger Straße 101
10405 Berlin

Tickets
15 € | 12 € | 10 €