Excited to perform Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem today with Vokalsystem, Enchore and Sibelius Orchester under the direction of Simon Rössler in the Philharmonie Berlin! The concert is sold out, but there will be a follow-up event for everybody interested: On February 15, 6 pm, you can join us for a singalong concert with the Requiem at Martin-Luther-Kirche, Berlin-Neukölln. Follow this link for tickets and further information.
Events
GMTH Conference in Cottbus
Looking forward to participating in the annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie, hosted by the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg next weekend, 4–6 October. The promising line-up has a particular focus on paradigm chances in music theory, digitalisation and internationalisation in the post-pandemic era, and music theory scholarship in Chopin’s time and the fin de siècle. I will be contributing with a workshop on the possibilities and functionality of the Open Music Academy. See you in Cottbus soon!
Electronic Concert by Vokalsystem
Warm invitation to this summer’s performances of Vokalsystem Berlin! We are presenting an electronic choral concert programme named [ˈkʁiːzə] (crisis), featuring music by Claudio Monteverdi, Benjamin Britten, Melissa Dunphy, Caroline Shaw, Ted Hearne, Radiohead, and others. Johannes David Wolff and Artschi Loyan are already bursting with playfulness and creativity, and I’m sure it will be a blast. Tickets at €14 / €9 are still available for the events on Friday 12 July, 8 pm, or Saturday 13 July, 6 pm and 8 pm, at the former distillery Monopol Berlin (a really cool space for vocal performances, by the way). Please refer to this website to book your ticket.
GMTH Lecture on Music Notation
Dear friends and colleagues, this is an invitation to attend the forthcoming event in the international online lecture series of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie, taking place next week on Monday, July 1, 2024, 19:00 CEST. We are pleased to welcome Robert Komaniecki (University of British Columbia) who will present a talk entitled »Sheet Music Goes Viral: On the Past and Present of Music Notation as an Object of Aesthetic Significance«. This promises to be a both insightful and entertaining lecture, so please join us! Registration is possible via the GMTH website.
GMTH Panel on Political Pressure
Exciting discussion upcoming: In the framework of the international lecture series of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie, which I have the pleasure of co-organising, there will be an online panel on the topic »Political Pressure and Abuse of Power in Academia and Music Institutions« next Thursday, 13 June, at 7 pm CEST. The composers Stefan Pohlit and Vladimir Rannev will discuss their experiences of ideological influence, discrimination, and institutional violence executed by their former employers in Türkiye and Russia. We are pleased to have music theorist Ellen Bakulina as a session chair.
Looking forward to an intriguing and possibly controversial exchange of thoughts! If you would like to join, please register via the GMTH website in order to receive the Zoom link.