Centre for Research in Music (CRiM, Iceland Academy of the Arts) in collaboration with the concert series Hljóðön organises a symposium and workshop on the music of the Wandelweiser Group. Wandelweiser is both a publishing company and an international collective of composers/performers. The group has been associated with minimalism and experimental music, taking John Cage‘s silent piece 4‘33‘‘ as their starting point. Wandelweiser members therefore explore new ways of listening where the experience of sound, silence and time are investigated.
We will explore the history and characteristics of the music by members of the Wandelweiser group and explore the performer‘s perspectives and roles. A member of the Wandelweiser, Stephan Thut, is a special guest on the symposium and will introduce his approach to composition and his place within the collective.
The symposium concludes with a workshop under the guidance of Stephan Thut and the symposium‘s participants, where works will be dicussed, rehearsed and finally performed on Hljóðön concert series on Sunday 23 April in Hafnarborg.
Time and place: Friday, April 21, at 13:00, Sölvhóll, Music Department IAA.
Participants:
Berglind María Tómasdóttir, composer/performer
Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, composer/performer
Stefan Thut, composer/performer
Þráinn Hjálmarsson, composer
Chair: Einar Torfi Einarsson
