This was one of the most inspiring experiences: POSTCOLONIAL RECHERCHE with our wonderful fellows: Adrian Mokanu, Alexander John Villanueva, Ayọ̀ Olúrántí, Camilo Mendez, Guillermo Leonardini, ![]()
Macri Cáceres, Monthati Zenzile Masebe,![]()
Njabulo Phungula, Patricia Martínez, Rojin Monibi — thanks to all of you!! 🙏 ![]()
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Curated by Bongani Ndodana-Breen (Composer)![]()
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Don’t miss our concert in Freiburg on December, 05, at Ensemblehaus Freiburg: we’ll present pieces of our fellows together with new works by students of Institut für Neue Musik der Musikhochschule Freiburg: Joey Tan, So-Jeong Yoo, Doyoon Yoon and Elisabeth Fußeder 🤩🤩
Ensemble Recherche – Postcolonial Recherche
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Wie zeitgenössisch ist Musik im 21. Jahrhundert, wenn sie sich weiterhin so eurozentrisch gibt? In einer Kooperation mit dem Goethe-Institut hat das Ensemble…
Former German Minister of the Interior Gerhart Baum recommends: Helmut Lachenmann’s new string trio. We can only agree with this. So let‘s go to Luxembourg, let‘s see Rainy Days Festival at Philharmonie Luxembourg 😍![]()
PS: in our concert, there will be a wonderful premiere by Chris Swithinbank with 4 singing snare drums. Very beautiful and colorful texture. So: one more reason to go to Luxemburg! 😍😍
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Ensemble Recherche – 26.11.2022 20:00, Salle de Musique de Chambre
Today, rehearsing for concert with Knabenchor collegium iuvenum Stuttgart on November 18 at Liederhalle Stuttgart and November 20 at Paulussaal Freiburg. Don’t miss it! 🤩🤩 4 premieres for this amazing boys’ choir and us! Conductor: Sebastian Kunz
Postcolonial Recherche’s fellow AJ Villanueva wrote for us a piece with the title "bayan(i)-k(a)-(ba)-o-(ano?)" 🤩![]()
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The composer says: "This piece is a commentary on the massive disinformation campaign in the Philippines aiming to “choke” the truth using social media making citizens believe another truth, hence a duality of truth, and thus discrediting any other truth benefitting those people regaining power."![]()
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Live recording:
AJ Villanueva – bayan(i)-k(a)-(ba)-o-(ano?)
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Aufgezeichnet am 28.09.2022 / Recorded on 28/09/2022„Es muss immer weiter geh’n, Musik als Träger von Ideen“, heißt es bei Kraftwerk. Seit der Neuzeit prägt …
EXIT PLUS ULTRA – first episode of our „Postcolonial Recherche“ documentation 😍 ![]()
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Since modern times, the idea of constant progress has shaped European culture: "Plus ultra," to the extreme, it should go – on the globe and its oceans, but also in music. In his collection of essays "Karte, Uhr und Partitur" (Map, Clock and Score), the Freiburg composer Johannes Schöllhorn points out parallels between colonial world conquest and musical thinking about progress. With postcolonial debates, however, doubts about this belief in progress increasingly arise. How can one critically deal with one’s own colonial history and its present consequences from a Western musical point of view? And how do artists from formerly colonized countries compose? The project "Exit Plus Ultra" presents six musical perspectives on these questions and leads to a concert in Freiburg and a radio essay for Deutschlandfunk.![]()
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Dramaturgie: Elisa Erkelenz![]()
Co-curator for „Postcolonial Recherche“: Bongani Ndodana-Breen![]()
Music by: Johannes Schöllhorn, Farzia Fallah, Leopold Hurt, Ayo Oluranti, Macri Cáceres, AJ Villanueva![]()
Lena Drieschner, Sylvana Seddig: Schauspiel![]()
Jakob Boeckh: Visual Artist![]()
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Video documentary: Friedemann Dupelius, Manuel Gerlach, Sebastian Zuleta ![]()
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Postcolonial Recherche – Exit Plus Ultra
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Variationen über Eroberungen und ihre Begleitmusik„Es muss immer weiter geh’n, Musik als Träger von Ideen“, heißt es bei Kraftwerk. Seit der Neuzeit prägt di…
Last minute substitutes 🎻🔥 we are so grateful that tonight at Wien Modern, Nurit Stark and Jacobo Hernández Enríquez will replace our violin player Melise Mellinger. When she got her positive covid test result on Sunday, we thought learning #Lachenmann string trio in less than 48 hours is not possible. Not speaking of Annesley Black’s world premiere and two pieces by Kristine Tjøgersen and Sciarrino. But… Nurit and Jacobo are proving the opposite and are making the impossible possible! Nurit Stark will perform the violin part in tonight’s Austrian premiere of Lachenmann’s string trio n. 2 “Mes Adieux”. Jacobo Hernández Enríquez is performing the violin part in Black, Sciarrino and Tjøgersen. Wow, what a courage, what fabulous players 🤩 and after the dress rehearsal, we can say: it will be a blast. Don’t miss it! 😍😍 — get well soon, dear Melise! 🥰
It is with enormous shock and great sadness that we have been informed that Argentine composer Patricia Martínez has passed away. 😢 We had the privilege to get to know Patricia last year as a "Postcolonial Recherche" Fellow, as an enormously talented, smart and curious composer. Dear Patricia, we only now understand how existential your piece "The End of The World – Endless I" was for you. We will premiere it on December 5, thinking of you! ❤️ R.I.P.
Today working with students of Institut für Neue Musik der Musikhochschule Freiburg 😍😍looking forward to perform their pieces on December, 5!! 🎶 Joey Tan, Elisabeth Fußeder, So-Joeong Yoo, Doyoon Yoon
