Dealing with Demons
An article about things that many of us deal with as musicians but that are rarely talked about…
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The Great Upheaval of Opera
A lecture held at the Bavarian State Opera about the future of opera and why its renewal is essential. And why living composers should get more involved with it.
The Beatles: Get Back
Now the spouses of the band are constantly present at the rehearsals, children are crawling over keyboards and drums, new people keep appearing who are mostly just annoying (at some point even Paul McCartney’s brother, who then also films), and the situation becomes more and more absurd, since the Beatles clearly have too few ideas and they only indulge in silliness.
Competition with the (Music)Machine (2)
So wie es jetzt schon Algorithmen gibt, die von ChatGPT erzeugte Texte erkennen können, wird es auch Algorithmen geben, die Partituren nach Computerunterstützung absuchen werden.
Singing Yoga (with Mandy Young)
Therefore a new genre is born: the magical „Singing Yoga“, which combines transcendental piano music with graceful movements performed by the most good-looking influencers of our time, for your personal enjoyment.
55 Years of Good Vibrations – and now SMiLE! (Part Two)
Und es ist doch eine wunderbare Vorstellung, dass ungefähr zur gleichen Zeit als Helmut Lachenmann in der Cello-Kadenz seines „ Notturno / Musik für Julia“ in die Welt der Geräusche vorstieß, drüben in Kalifornien im Studio zwei Cellisten auf exorbitante Weise ihre Instrumente traktierten, sodass diese aberwitzigen Basstriolen zur Sirenenmelodie im Abspann von „ Good vibrations“ entstanden!
Iwein Löwenritter (version for impatient viewers)
The first part of the following video is what happens when you leave a composer at home during rehearsals of his new opera with too much time on his hands. And the second part is an attempt to condense the wild tale of love, imagination, adventure and backwards-talking men that...
Alphabetized Winterreise (Franz Schubert / Erik Carlson) – Completed
After many month we have finished the first electronic interpretation of Mr. Carlson’s „Alphabetized Winterreise“. Thank you, Ian Bostridge. Thank you, Leif Ove Andsnes. Thank you, Franz Schubert (1827). Thank you, Erik Carlson (2013). Thank you, listener!
Beethoven’s „Fuer Elise“ – Corona Edition
Now also in English! You still have to keep your distance – also concerning musical intervals! The minor 2nd at the beginning of Beethoven’s „Für Elise“ is too tight! Please keep your distance: at least a major 3rd! Download the Score View this post on Instagram Distance also between the...
