musikprotokoll 2018

4.10.–7.10.

The history of contemporary and experimental music has brought forth many visionaries. Some of them have appeared in Graz over the course of fifty years of musikprotokoll. What they all have in common is the fact that they did not content themselves with the status quo of their genre or working with nuances—instead they worked on their “Utopian Fronts.” Utopia touched reality in those moments in which it found the freedom to test alternative possibilities. The goals included a change in perception, a new use of sound in everyday life, the use and abuse of current technology, and even to devise a music that sought to change the reality of the non-musical world too and to get involved. Some of these concepts were put into practice, becoming part of the cultural heritage of our musical history, while others remained a utopia—a utopia of sound.

The range of themes in musikprotokoll 2018 is wide, comprising such works as The Magma, a 360-degree video installation; SOL, a sound and light work in the dark that challenges our perception; or Stellations, in which a 3D loudspeaker meets a double bass player. Also on the bill are the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Klangforum Wien, who are performing a concert grandiose; the duo Fred Frith & Bérangère Maximin; and the musician Gosheven, who continues to evolve the extended guitar tradition. Tomoko Sauvage presents minimalist Japanese sound; Konus Quartett & Martin Brandlmayr, in contrast, present the sound of a Swiss saxophone quartet, while Daniel Skoglund & Kathy Hinde experiment with animal-like robots. Furthermore, 200 students from Styrian schools set out in search of current sounds; the Talea Ensemble performs a premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas; the ensemble zeitfluss explores the lucid music of Joanna Wozny. Last but not least among the performers is the ensemble airborne extended and the Graz-based recreation Orchester, who join Christian von Borries to reinvent Austrian musical cultural heritage with the aid of artificial intelligence. A night with the trio The Dwarfs of East Agouza and ZULI from Cairo, a concert with sound and media artist Jacqueline George, and discussions and workshops also feature in the program, along with no end of radio.


Leitung: Elke Tschaikner
Kuratiert von Susanna Niedermayr, Christian Scheib, Elke Tschaikner, Fränk Zimmer

Produktion ORF Radio Österreich 1, ORF Landesstudio Steiermark

In Koproduktion mit steirischer herbst.

In Kooperation mit Kunstuniversität Graz, Ö1 Radiokunst Kunstradio, Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Hörspiel/Klangkunst, CTM Festival, SHAPE – Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe, ICAS – International Cities of Advanced Sound, Akademie Graz, esc medien kunst labor, Conto musicale, Landesschulrat für Steiermark, Goethe-Institut, IEM – Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik der Kunstuniversität Graz, die andere saite, FH JOANNEUM, Institut für Design und Kommunikation.

Mit Unterstützung von Ernst von Siemens Stiftung, AVL Cultural Foundation und dem Programm „Creative Europe“ der Europäischen Union.

Abgelegt unter „musikprotokoll 2018“

ZULI
The Magma

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konfrontationen 7
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Daniel Skoglund & Kathy Hinde
Palimpsest

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Kurt Hentschläger
SOL

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Fred Frith & Bérangère Maximin
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Gosheven
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Tomoko Sauvage
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ORF Radio-Symphonie­orchester Wien & Klangforum Wien
concert grandiose

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Klangforum Wien
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Konus Quartett & Martin Brandlmayr
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ensemble zeitfluss
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Talea Ensemble
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IKO & guts’n’faders
Stellations

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The Dwarfs of East Agouza & ZULI
One night in Cairo I & II

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airborne extended
concert d’après-midi

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Jacqueline George
Ö1 Radiokunst – Kunstradio

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