Listening will be available at all of our partner events throughout the year. Don’t worry, if you can’t get a hard copy, you can also read it online. Print copies are available to order by contacting info@sounds-now.eu. This is the first volume in a series of annual publications planned by the Sounds Now network. With […]
The Goethe-Institut and the Ensemble Recherche are inviting 10 emerging composers and sound artists from developing and transition countries to collaborate in a virtual community of artistic research and music creation. We live in a vibrant and diverse global creative community yet, in the 21st century, the so-called “contemporary music” space is still quite Eurocentric. […]
Watch the unfolding of this chain poem, a four-day remote collaboration between two ensembles in two cities: Ensemble Extrakte in Berlin & Tölöläb in Viitasaari. Tuesday, July 6, 2021 – WINTER In the video:Freezing seas at nightTraversed by icy currentsLit by a lone moon.1) Berlin Winter Morning2) Viitasaari Winter Nagori This icicle harpPlayed by invisible […]
September 8-11 in Aarhus, Denmark From the 8th to the 11th of September 2021, SPOR festival examines the diversity that characterizes society today. Contemporary music and sound art lead the way and present audience with diverse artistic universes that pique curiosity, challenge the current perception of the world and create an inner reflection. Artistic and festival directors […]
Could emphatic escapism in fact be the best reflection of the current time, where all of us wish that we were living in the past? Perhaps a symbolic farewell to that which is past is the best way to proceed to something new? Johan Tallgren, Sounds Now partner and artistic director of Time of Music […]
Adapted from his presentation at the Curating Diversity in Europe: Decolonizing Contemporary Music symposium presented by Sounds Now, Akademie der Künste, inm-berlin and Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival From Van Outernational #12: “I feel that we already know what colonialism sounds like. We hear it at all too many contemporary music festivals around the world, […]
From Issue 47 of ONCURATING: In this article, I outline a concept of data-informed curation, proposing how curators and institutions can use audience data to help them understand how audiences approach new music and to develop more open, inclusive atmospheres around attendance. I report an overview of findings on tastes, demographic factors, and concert experiences […]
Identity and Diversity: Seeking a Connected Musical Society Published by 21 CM / DePauw School of Music In today’s politicized cultural environment, we’ve become accustomed to hearing that everything needs to be more “diverse.” In music, this means not only the composers we program and the students we teach, but also the individuals sitting in […]