Lecture Series "Knowing in Performing" - Artistic Research at the mdw

The new lecture series “Knowing in Performing” at the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna investigates the cross-disciplinary dynamics of Artistic Research with a special focus on the performing arts. The third lecture of the series takes place on January 15^th with the pianist and artistic researcher Johannes Kreidler from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.

Time and Place

• Tuesday, 15 Jan 2019, 6 - 8 p.m.
• Fanny Hensel-Hall                                                        
• mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna  
• Anton-von-Webern Platz 1, 1030 Vienna

 

Further information: https://www.mdw.ac.at/knowinginperforming_rvo

 

Title of presentation

No concept without conceptualism

Concept music as a challenge for listening and understanding

Abstract

In recent years, conceptual approaches have increasingly emerged in New Music. Not the sound alone, but a concept also determines a piece, i.e. accompanying information is often part of the work, the additional use of text, video, performance. How does this affect listening, knowledge, understanding and interpretation? The lecture-performance shows practice and theory of concept music.

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Johannes Kreidler (1980) is a composer, concept and media artist. He studied composition, electronic music and music theory in Freiburg and The Hague, among others with Mathias Spahlinger. In 2012, he was awarded the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis. Currently he is teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. His works have been featured at festivals including Donaueschinger Musiktage, Ultraschall Berlin, MaerzMusik Berlin, Eclat Stuttgart, Warsaw Autumn, Ultima Oslo, Musica Strasbourg, Gaudeamus Music Week, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Venice Biennale.

www.kreidler-net.de

Photo Credit: Falk Wenzel