POW Reflexions 2 - Muziek van de 21e eeuw
A series of concerts and festival around the POW Ensemble
POW Ensemble plays its two major programmes: a loud speaker performance “Speaking of the Speaker”, and the new programme with songs “Homage to Hazard”. More special projects are led by DNA, Guy Harries and Tom Tlalim. A musical meeting, in collaboration with STEIM, will take place between three virtuoso trombone players who make use of live electronics, each in very different ways. The series is closed by an extraordinary confrontation between Jacob van Eyck’s 17th century music and modern electric guitar.
The festival weekend (24-25 Nov) is marked by extraordinary performances, concerts, films and lectures, highlighting specific aspects of 21st century music. Short lectures/demonstrations are given by grand masters like graphic designer/video artist Jaap Drupsteen, musician/theater maker Peter Zegveld, Circuit Bender Gijs Gieskes and sound artist Horst Rickels.
A special version of John Cage’s Cartridge Music is performed, being the result of a series of workshops at the Koorenhuis by students under direction of DNA. And a rarely shown documentary by Aryan Kaganof, about the very first festival on electronic music in Africa: Unyazi of the Bushveld (2007).
Dates: November 24/25 (weekend festival),
Unyazi of the Bushveld
In september 2005 vond in Johannesburg voor de allereerste keer een festival voor elektronische muziek plaats. Belangrijke musici en componisten als Pauline Oliveros, Lukas Ligeti, George Lewis, Yannis Keriakides en Francisco Lopez traden op, naast Afrikanen als Zim Ngqwana, Louis Moholo, The Kalahari Surfer en de legendarische Egyptische componist Halim El-Dabh. Ook het POW Ensemble was van de partij met een speciale SA edition.
Filmer Aryan Kaganof, in Nederland bekender onder de naam Ian Kerkhof (Naar de Klote!) maakte een zeer originele documentaire over het Unyazi Festival, waarin beelden en de muziek van verschillende optredens worden gemixt tot een nieuw geheel.
this announcement first appeared on the website of donemus
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