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Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #26: Hungry ListeningIn episode #26 Peter Meanwell (tutor of the seminar “Words On Music” this summer) interviewed Xwélmexw (Stó:lō/Skwah) artist, curator and writer Dylan Robinson about his book “Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies”. Published by University of Minnesota Press in 2020 “Hungry Listening“ presents an excoriating critique of colonial assimilation practices in the classical art music world, whilst simultaneously celebrating indigenous methodologies and art works, and proposing through "doing" a new way of writing sound and listening. The work has been a key text for Meanwell as he collaborates with Sámi artist Elina Waage Mikalsen exploring indigenous Sámi experimenta...2023-08-1443 minDarmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #25: Until Nothing LeftAndreas Borregaard in conversation with Niels Rønsholdt
In the Darmstadt On Air podcast tutors of the Darmstadt Summer Course talk to a person of their choice and this time they start their conversation from a particular piece of music, a book, a piece of art, a performance, recording etc. In episode #25 Danish accordionist Andreas Borregaard talks with his compatriot composer Niels Rønsholdt about "Until Nothing Left", a solo piece for a performing accordionist that was created for him in 2017.2023-08-0545 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #24: Every separation is a linkWe are beginning a new season of the Darmstadt On Air podcast: Darmstadt Summer Course tutors talk to a person of their choice and this time they start their conversation from a particular piece of music, a book, a piece of art, a performance, recording etc.
In episode #24 Kate Molleson (tutor of the seminar "Words On Music" this summer) interviewed composer Cassandra Miller about her viola concerto "I cannot love without trembling", which you can listen to on Wednesday evening, 10 May 2023, 7:30pm on BBC radio 3 and online for 30 days afterwards.2023-05-0941 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #23: Poetics of FallibilityKate Molleson in conversation with Rebecca Saunders
Interview with Christian Dierstein and Dirk Rothbrust on Rebecca Saunders' piece "dust": https://internationales-musikinstitut.de/ferienkurse/dossiers/dust
More about Rebecca Saunders: https://www.rebeccasaunders.net/biography-detailed
More about Kate Molleson: http://katemolleson.com/about
2021-08-2838 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #22: Devising TactilitiesEpisode number 22 of Darmstadt On Air presents a conversation between choreographer and director Vera Tussing and composer Michael Picknett. They talk about the intersection between composing and choreographing using devising techniques. They specifically refer to one of their latest collaborations – Tactile Quartet(s) –, a dance performance that was realized in collaboration with four dancers and the string quartet Quatuor MP4. The question how creation and curation can be developed in the fluid processes between choreography and music was also part of their conversation.2021-08-1148 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #21: There's always a pilot to each pieceOne of the central themes of this year’s Darmstadt festival is artistic collaboration and collective creativity. We are interested in how collaborative processes work, especially in the field of musical creation, where we still have a strong concept of authorship, division of labour between composers and performers, but on the other hand collaboration is fundamental for big parts of music making.
In this context we’ve invited Ensemble Pamplemousse to create a concert project for Darmstadt with new compositions. Based in the US, the ensemble consists of five different composer-performer personalities. Over the last two years we’ve discussed severa...2021-08-0457 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #20: Singleton in Darmstadt AgainFor the 20th episode of Darmstadt On Air, we will hear an interview with composer Alvin Singleton, conducted by historical musicologist Harald Kisiedu and composer George Lewis on July 19 2021. In 1972, Singleton’s work Argoru II for cello was the first ever to be performed by a Black composer at the Darmstadt Summer Course. Two years later, his Be Natural for three string instruments received the Kranichstein Music Prize.
In this podcast, Singleton talks about his early listening experiences and music studies during his formative years in Brooklyn, New York, his graduate work in composition at Yale University with Mel Powell an...2021-07-301h 02
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #19: Schöne Stellen – Beautiful MomentsFor the 19th episode of Darmstadt On Air, two composers have picked music that they like and find beautiful. Starting with one moment from each other’s oeuvre, Hans Thomalla and Katherine Young discuss music by the Roscoe Mitchell Sextet, by Carola Bauckholt and by Michelle Lou. And they also ask what makes beautiful moments, as did Theodor W. Adorno in his radio essay from 1965 which has the same title: “Schöne Stellen – Beautiful Moments”.
Hans Thomalla has a long history with Darmstadt: winner of the Kranichstein Music Prize in 2004, he has been a regular member of the faculty during the last...2021-04-1250 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #18: Tunnels and ThreadsTunnels and threads between concept and performance, the pleasure of hanging out in the world of the initial idea, collective decision making processes: In episode 18 of Darmstadt On Air we are listening to a conversation between composers Malin Bång and Juliana Hodkinson. Malin will be composition tutor at the next Darmstadt Summer Course, Juliana was in 2018. The two artists met some years ago when they shared a teaching position at the Academy for Music and Drama in Gothenburg/Sweden. Since then, they've been following each other’s work with great respect and affection. Their approach to thinking and talking abo...2021-03-231h 04
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #17: Fighting FormationsEpisode 17 of Darmstadt On Air is about political activism in music. It is hosted by Peter Meanwell, music journalist and artistic director of Borealis, a festival for experimental music that takes place every year in Bergen, Norway. This year, you can experience the festival online from March 17 to March 21. Peter talks to Marshall Trammell who is invited as Borealis' artist in residence. Born in California in 1972, Marshall Trammell is a percussionist, composer, conductor and archivist. His artistic practice brings together research, political aesthetic theory, activism and community-based production. He investigates artistic strategies to enact change and transformation and understands improvisation...2021-03-0334 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #16: Dissonance Makes Things MoveWe are back from the winter break with episode 16 of Darmstadt On Air, a series of conversations hosted by the Darmstadt Summer Course tutors: Flute tutor Claire Chase met composer Marcos Balter with whom she has been working on several projects, for example the solo flute piece „Pan“ which also exists as a 90-minute music theatre for flute, electronics and participants. Starting from this piece, Claire and Marcos are discussing forms of collectivity and collaboration, scenarios of true exchange and shared knowledge within a framework where power structures are still at work. And they ask which tools we need for unth...2021-01-2649 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #15: Music theater as heterotopic spaceSarah Nemtsov and Sebastian Hannak in conversation
There is a video version of the Zoom interview (Sarah in Berlin, Sebastian in Heidelberg) which contains some photo and video material and an extra topic (colors) that was cut out in the audio version: https://youtu.be/6ukvLvB9Png
Pictures of Sebastian Hannak's work: https://internationales-musikinstitut.de/ferienkurse/onair/podcast15
More about Sebastian Hannak: https://www.sebastianhannak.com
More pictures: https://sebastianhannak.tumblr.com
More about the Sebastian's Heterotopia: https://www.sebastianhannak.com/raumb%C3%BChne-heterotopia
More about Sarah Nemtsov: http://www.sarah-nemtsov.de
Sarah's...2020-12-0257 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #14: Being the pilotEpisode #14 of the Darmstadt On Air podcast is dedicated to composer-performer collaborations. It is hosted by the Austrian double bass player and improviser Uli Fussenegger (*1966) who has been involved in the Darmstadt Summer Course as a tutor for many years. As a soloist and former longtime member of Klangforum Wien Uli has been collaborating with many different composers and has experienced a variety of approaches on how to work together. He talks to composer Andreas Eduardo Frank (*1987) for whom close collaborations with musicians and other artists are an essential part of his practice. Starting from two of Andreas’ recent projects, he...2020-11-2043 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #13: Collaboration as life forceGunnhildur Einarsdóttir and Rhodri Davies in conversation
Rhodri Davies, interviewed by Gorwel Owen:
http://www.rhodridavies.com/words/planet.htm
„Telyn Rawn“, album by Rhodri Davies (Track 4: „Angharat Ton Uelen“):
https://www.soundohm.com/product/telyn-rawn
Pictures of the ancient welsh harp Telyn Rawn: https://internationales-musikinstitut.de/ferienkurse/onair/podcast13
Film about Rhodri Davies‘ artistic practice including his Telyn Rawn (see 01:30) and the Robert ap Huw manuscript (see 09:05):
https://culturecolony.com/media/video/rhodri-davies-creative-wales-award
Facsimile of the Robert ap Huw manuscript:
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ap_huw/facs...2020-11-1045 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #12: Talking in the now nowTalking in the now now: Darmstadt composition and oboe tutor Cathy Milliken is interviewing composer Liza Lim for the 12th Darmstadt On Air podcast. Cathy and Liza, both born in Australia, have known each other for quite a long time. They appreciate each other’s work and share a big interest in collaborative practices. Both of them understand composing as a process of working with and being influenced by performers, contexts and the presence of whoever is in the space.
Cathy has done projects in South Africa from where she takes the idea of the now now, which can be un...2020-11-0330 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #11: Stop just decolonizingThe New York based, Chinese born composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and performer Du Yun will be teaching composition at the next Darmstadt Summer Course for the first time. She hosted the 11th edition of the Darmstadt On Air podcast and invited Raven Chacon to the talk, her collaborator in the opera production “Sweet Land” which was premiered in the beginning of 2020. Raven was born in Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, Arizona, and is now working and living in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a composer, performer and installation artist. From 2009 to 2018, he was a member of the interdisciplinary arts collective Postcommodity, and since 2004, he t...2020-10-2654 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #10: Visibility in electronic music„Some people drink a glass of whisky, some people probably sniff coke, some people drink a beer, I like dressing up.“
The 10th episode of the Darmstadt On Air podcast is about visibility in electronic music. Sebastian Berweck is a pianist and electronic musician who gives workshops on electroacoustic performance practice at the Darmstadt Summer Course. He invited the self-taught experimental electronics improviser and sound designer Korhan Erel to be his interview partner for this podcast. They met in September 2020 in Berlin-Neukölln in Sebastian's living room and talked about performing electronic music on stage and how to actually bring it be...2020-10-2036 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #9: Interaction with other earsThe 9th episode of Darmstadt On Air is dedicated to composer Annea Lockwood who is interviewed by music journalist and Darmstadt tutor Kate Molleson.
Annea was born in Christchurch/New Zealand in 1939 and moved to England in 1961to study composition at the Royal College of Music in London. In the same year, she took part in the Darmstadt Summer Course for the first time. Registered as Anna Ferguson Lockwood in 1961, 1962 and 1963, she attended classes by Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio and others. In Darmstadt, Annea also met Franco Evangelisti who became a close friend and it was him who...2020-10-1153 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #8: Virtuality as an artistic toolIn the 8th episode of Darmstadt On Air Alexander Schubert, multimedia composer and tutor of the Darmstadt Summer Course, spoke to the German theater director Susanne Kennedy via Zoom. They both share an interest in digital tools and the artistic potential of virtuality in a performative setting. As the starting point for their discussion, each of them describes one of their recent works: Susanne’s piece “Ultraworld” investigates the human consciousness as a virtual construction and inner simulation of the world. It was premiered at the Berlin Volksbühne in January 2020. Alexander discusses his project “Genesis” where he created a seven-day i...2020-09-2948 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #7: Spaces and islandsIn the 7th episode of Darmstadt On Air we are witnessing the start of a new artistic collaboration between two extraordinary musicians: Marco Blaauw, trumpet player of Ensemble Musikfabrik, soloist and Darmstadt brass tutor has started a series of seven commissions that take the human breath as their main idea and inspiration.
Ayanna Witter-Johnson will contribute one of the new pieces for trumpet. Born in London into a family with a Jamaican background, Ayanna's musical expression is taking many different shapes: she is a singer-songwriter, composer, cellist, pianist and performer who embraces various musical cultures and, as she names it...2020-09-2052 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #6: Grappling with the canonNicolas Hodges and Ilan Volkov in conversation
More on Nicolas Hodges: http://www.nicolashodges.com
More on Ilan Volkov: http://maestroarts.com/artists/ilan-volkov2020-08-2950 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #5: Hello AvatarStefan Prins, composer, performer, co-director of the Nadar Ensemble, Professor of Composition & director of the Hybrid Music Lab at the Hochschule für Musik “Carl Maria von Weber” Dresden, talks to Beth Coleman. Coleman is not only the author of the book “Hello Avatar!, Rise of a networked generation”, electronic musician and digital art creator, but also holds a PhD in comparative literature and is currently associated professor of Experimental Digital Media at the University of Waterloo Toronto and director of its City as Platform Lab. Starting with “Hello Avatar”, the conversation quickly covered the current state-of-affairs of X-reality, and ran through t...2020-08-221h 07
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #4: How to write it downThe fourth episode of Darmstadt On Air is hosted by Lucas Fels, cellist of the Arditti Quartet and Darmstadt cello tutor. Lucas visited Ellen Fallowfield in Basel in July 2020. Like Lucas, Ellen has a particular focus on contemporary music as a cellist. She is also a researcher and the creator of cellomap.com, an online resource for modern cello techniques.
They talked about legendary cellists like Siegfried Palm and Anner Bylsma, about Helmut Lachenmann’s groundbreaking solo cello piece „Pression“, about extended techniques and multiphonics on the cello and about questions like: How to write it down? How to bring the in...2020-08-1555 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #3: Poemproducer meets digipoetThe third episode of Darmstadt On Air, the audio podcast of the Darmstadt Summer Course, is hosted by Antye Greie-Ripatti, also known as Poemproducer or AGF. Antye is a German electronic musician and composer, now living in Northern Finland. She chatted with YATTA, a Los Angeles and Brooklyn based interdisciplinary artist and musician. YATTA has shared the stage with musicians like Cardi B, William Basinski and The Sun Ra Arkestra. Improvised poetry is an important aspect in YATTA’s drone based performances on stage.
Antye and YATTA met for the first time some years ago when they had both been in...2020-08-0134 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #2: The not quite innocent bystandersThe second episode of Darmstadt On Air, the new audio podcast of the Darmstadt Summer Course on music and experiment, is dedicated to the role of interpreting artists. Yaron Deutsch, founder and guitar player of Ensemble Nikel seeks to shed some light on the importance of musicians for bringing new pieces into life. He asked Irvine Arditti, founder and first violinist of the Arditti Quartet, to discuss about what it means to receive a new score from a composer and to start from scratch, the musicians‘ impact on creation and what a personal sound could be.
They’ve never talked befo...2020-07-2649 min
Darmstadt On AirDarmstadt On Air #1: Breaking the system is not a mistakeDarmstadt On Air is the new series of audio podcasts of the Darmstadt Summer Course! As the 2020 Darmstadt Summer Course has to be postponed until 2021, we'd like to build a bridge between this summer and next summer by initiating conversations on music and sharing them with you. We’ve asked some of our academy tutors and guest artists to host a conversation on a subject that is important to them.
We start with Irish composer and performer Jennifer Walshe who met New York based composer and researcher George Lewis at the Darmstadt Summer Course in 2018. That’s where their discussion on A...2020-07-1953 min