MaerzMusik: supporting programme

12:00 am| Impulses
from Kamila Metwaly and Global Breath initiator Marco Blaauw
In English

Artistic director Kamila Metwaly and Global Breath initiator Marco Blaauw talk about the breath and its sheer endless possibilities to transform into organized and non-organized sound. Both the political-cultural aspects and the musical shaping of sound will be discussed in two impulses.

12:30–12:50 pm  | Can't Breathe: A Virtual Dialogue
by George Lewis
In English

13:00–14:00 pm  | Calls and Responses – the Brass Instrument in Environmental and Creation Process Interplay
Discussion with Elena Rykova, Dai Fujikura and Claudia Molitor
In English

The echo of the (horn or trumpet) fanfare is rich in allusions. In this encounter, we discuss how trumpet sounds are in symbiotic contact with the environment and how the materiality of the instrument ping-pongs back and forth from composer to performer, navigating the artistic processes and in-between states thereof.

14:00–15:00 pm  | BreathExperience
A breath therapy session
In German

Prof Ilse Middendorf’s BreathExperience conveys vitality and resilience. The previously unconscious effects and inherent self-healing powers are sensitively experienced through stretches, the sounding of vowels and movements from the breath.

15:00–15:20 pm | Shallow Grave / Tongue of the Land
A lecture by Liza Lim
In English

Liza Lim shares insights into her compositions in the Global Breath series and their connection to ecological perspectives.

15:30–16:30 pm | A composers’ conversation
with Liza Lim and George Lewis
In English

Liza Lim and George Lewis discuss their specific approaches to composing for wind and brass instruments.

17:00–21:30 pm | Global Breath. World of Trumpet Sounds
Sound Installation
In English

Trumpet pioneers from around the world were interviewed about their perceptions of sound, their social, geographic and political environments, and their specific playing techniques and musical genres. From these experiences, Marco Blaauw composed a global trumpet sound from an enormous variety of trumpet-like sounds from many cultures. This radio play was awarded with the EBU Palma Ars Acustica. The jury praised “its outstanding approach to travelling the world using trumpet instruments, incorporating not only man-made instruments but also sounds from the environment, such as animals and birds. A subtle journey through the ancient rituals of the horn or trumpet.”

Saturday, March 29
Atelier 2
12:00 am until 9:30 pm