The border between sound and image has always been blurred, if not obsolete. In fact, the two fields are, in many ways, inherently enmeshed. The question is just how much one re-veals or exposes it, and from what lens or angle one … read more »
FEMENINE is a joint musical-choreographic project by Vienna’s new music collective, STUDIO DAN, with a group of dancers, which sees its world premiere at Impulstanz this year. Moreover, it’s another performance highlight in our Crossways in Contemporary Music series, in which we … read more »
Rhythmic layering, performative playing and wildly forward thinking: the percussionist and visual artist KATHARINA ERNST is this year’s recipient of the State Scholarship for Composition from the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport and is Artist in Residence at … read more »
As part of the project “Crossways in Contemporary Music”, Michael Franz Woels went in search of Austrian composers or composers living in Austria who create an individual approach to nature in their music. While Part 1 deals with new music and nature … read more »
Based in New York and Vienna, respectively, MELANIE MAAR and CHRISTIAN SCHROEDER have been working together for nearly a decade. Though one of these artists generally works with sound and the other with bodily movement, neither subscribes to categorization, staying in one’s … read more »
Following Part 1 and Part 2, the third and final segment of the CROSSWAYS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: CHOREOGRAPHY & DANCE series sets out on the trail of new and upcoming works that unite new music and choreography & dance. JUDITH / CUT_FADE … read more »
In the second part of “Crossways in Contemporary Music: Choreography & Dance” we come across compositional works by BERNHARD LANG, ARTURO FUENTES, PETER JAKOBER and JOHANNES MARIA STAUD, while the third part, with compositions by PETER KUTIN, PIA PALME, JORGE SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG, LISSIE RETTENWANDER … read more »
To dance without music? That sounds unimaginable to most people at first, and one would like to conclude that dance and music are inseparable. But the performing arts are vain and both dance and music are independent art forms with a long … read more »
A trans- and interdisciplinary research journey – Chapter 1: Nature Nature is present in music in a variety of ways. Composers draw inspiration from it, use sounds of nature in their compositions, or make abstract connections to nature. The sounds of nature … read more »
For all of music history, composers have been inspired by related art forms, scientific disciplines, the wonder of nature or the supernatural. In order to open up new perspectives and listening experiences, they are continuously breaking new ground. They calculate constellations, observe … read more »