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Contemporary Music and its Place in Society

The contemporary music is no longer imaginable banned from concert halls, it has become an indispensable part of Germany’s musical life instead.More ...

Dozentenkonzert II: Unvollendete (1994-1999) for flute, trumpet and
alto saxophon by Vykintas Baltakas during the 44. International Summer
Courses for New Music (5th to 20th July 2008), Photo: © Bildarchiv
Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt/Günther Jockel

Experiencing Contemporary Music: Concerts and Festivals

From Kiel to Donaueschingen, from Saarbrücken to Dresden: a lively and diverse panoply of concerts and festivals dedicated to New Music has established itself in Germany.More ...

Bundesjugendorchester bei der Probe, Foto: picture-alliance/Berliner Zeitung© Berlin Picture Gate

The Teaching and Study of Contemporary Music

Complaints about the conservative attitude of many traditional musical training institutions are certainly not entirely without foundation. But something is afoot at German colleges of music.
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Johannesburg - Lars Petter Hagen recordet a vuvuzelakonzert; Foto: Manu Theobald

Global Play of Individualists – the Music Project “into ...”

The music project into… of the Ensemble Modern and the Siemens Arts Programme, in collaboration with the Goethe Institute, is the attempt to use music to explore the essence of a city.More ...

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Workshop, Lecture, Roundtable, Concert 6. - 10.2.2012	Roundtable: Composing in a globalised world Presented by Goethe-Institut Hongkong and Hong Kong Composers’ Guild In cooperation with International Ensemble Modern Academy and Academy of Music Cologne	Various venues