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Jorge Sánchez-Chiong of Trio ESJ, C3 Festival Berlin, photo by C3 / Michael Felsch

In the Heat of the Network: the C3 Festival

The C3 Festival in Berlin, Essen and Danzig throws light on the current crossing of styles in “serious” and “popular” music. The result points to open borders.More ...

Maestro Johannes Kalitzke at the opening concert oft the “cresc. Biennale”, foto by cresc. / Tibor Pluto

Cultural Assist: The “cresc. Biennale for Modern Music”

The “cresc. Biennale for Modern Music” showed how New Music can be presented in its multiple facets as an important part of contemporary culture.More ...

Rap artist Nazizi at Translating Hip Hop in Berlin, foto by HKW / Jakob Hoff

A Question of Identity – “Translating Hip Hop”

In Berlin in November 2011, the the conference and festival Translating Hip-Hop took place, where researchers and rappers grappled with the board theme of “Translation”.More ...

BuJazzO,the Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra; © Deutscher Musikrat gemeinnützige Projektgesellschaft mbH

Big Bands and Jazz-Orchestras in Germany

First came the dancing, then the experimenting. Big Bands and jazz orchestras in Germany have been through a varied development, but are more vital than ever.More ...

A binaural robot in a semi-anechoic room; photo: Weinzierl / TU Berlin, Department of Audio Communication

Something Or Other with Music – Composition Programmes for Sound Artists

With the increasing importance of the media world, the job description of the composer is changing. New courses of study are taking this into account.More ...