Co-presented with “Darmstadt: Classics of the Avant Garde” and International Music Institute Darmstadt
After 70 years of legendary new music emerging from the
International Music Institute Darmstadt (IMD), a group of leading New York-based ensembles come together to celebrate a legacy of radical innovation.
Founded in 1946, the biennial Darmstadt Summer Course emerged as one of the most critical epicenters for international contemporary music. Since the program’s beginnings, many of the 20th century’s most influential composers and performers have premiered major works and engaged in fierce debates about the future of music in Darmstadt. Throughout the years, IMD faculty and students have included Karlheinz Stockhausen, Györty Ligeti, John Cage, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen, Brian Ferneyhough, and Luigi Nono.
Festival highlights include the New York premiere of Mathias Spahlinger’s
Extension, Karlheinz Stockhausen’s
Mikrophonie I and
Zeitmasse, John Cage’s
Concert for Piano and Orchestra, Luigi Nono’s
Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica (premiered at Darmstadt in 1951), and
Etudes from the Anthropocene from
The Force of Things by Ashley Fure (premiering at the Darmstadt Summer Course this August), as well as a rare New York performance by Darmstadt faculty member
Jennifer Walshe. Additionally, the festival will feature a panel discussion preceding the May 10 concert at Roulette, with
Thomas Schäfer, director of IMD;
Joshua Rubin of ICE;
Josh Modney of Mivos Quartet and Wet Ink Ensemble;
Martin Iddon, author of the book
New Music at Darmstadt (Cambridge University Press, 2013). The discussion will be moderated by
Zach Layton, co-founder of “Darmstadt: Classics of the Avant Garde”.
“Darmstadt: Classics of the Avant Garde” is the Brooklyn-based contemporary music series led by composer-musicians Zach Layton and Nick Hallett. Originally started as a “listening party” of avant-garde recordings at Galapagos Art Space, “Darmstadt” quickly evolved into a live performance series in residence at ISSUE Project Room, and was included in the New York Times Best of New Music rundown on numerous occasions and critically acclaimed for its annual all-star performance celebration of Terry Riley’s
In C.
EVENT SCHEDULE @ ROULETTE
MONDAY, MAY 9, 8:00PM
Wet Ink Ensemble performs Mathias Spahlinger’s
Extension (1979-80)
Jennifer Walshe
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 8:00PM
ICE – International Contemporary Ensemble performs works by Ashley Fure, Chaya Czernowin, and Luigi Nono
Mivos Quartet performs Helmut Lachenmann’s
String Quartet No. 3 “GRIDO” (2001) and Scott Wollschleger’s
String Quartet No. 2 “White Wall” (2014)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 8:00PM
Talea Ensemble performs Karlheinz Stockhausen’s
Mikrophonie I (1964)
SEM Ensemble performs works by Petr Kotik, Alvin Singleton, Iannis Xenakis, Morton Feldman, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and John Cage
...From Darmstadt... 70 Years of New Music is presented by “Darmstadt: Classics of the Avant Garde,” International Music Institute Darmstadt, and the Goethe-Institut New York. Curated by Zach Layton and Thomas Schäfer.
Made possible with support from Friends of Goethe New York, Andrew Mellon Foundation, Eugene Lang College for Liberal Arts, and Friends of IMD.
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