The Winter Music Festival invites you to a weekend of sonic renewal and remembrance. At the centre of the festival is the idea of building a bridge between generations and creating a multi-layered image of the present.
On the one hand, composers such as York Höller and Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, who have combined traditional acoustic instrumental music with innovative technologies in a visionary way, will be honoured, and recently deceased Akademie members such as Peter Eötvös and Thomas Kessler will be commemorated.
In 2021 the Akademie der Künste realized a new version of Thomas Kessler’s “Dialoge” (1977). At Winter Music Lange//Berweck//Lorenz will perform the new version of “La montagna ardente” (1974/2024).
On the other hand, new members such as Liza Lim, George Lewis and Christopher Fox will be represented with current works that boldly look to the future, and young ensembles such as the Fabrik Quartet will be invited.
Special highlights are two panel discussions during which the audience will have the opportunity to experience twelve participating members of the Akademie der Künste, including many newcomers.
York Höllers “Tangens” will be performed for the first time since the premiere in 1973, which can be heard here →
Curated by Clara Iannotta & Sarah Nemtsov with works by Christopher Fox, York Höller, Thomas Kessler, Christina Kubisch, Liza Lim, Annette Schlünz, Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, Hanna Hartman, Peter Eötvös, Annesley Black, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Trond Reinholdtsen, George Lewis and Walter Zimmermann.
This is how Fabrik Quartet sounds like, playing Xenakis →
With Aaron Cassidy, Fabrik Quartet, Seth Josel, RAGE Thormbones, Martin Smith, Samuel Stoll and Lange//Berweck//Lorenz.
