Three Questions to ...

Artist talks at the Month of Contemporary Music

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What was the impulse for a composition? How does this very special sound that I have just heard for the first time come about? What impressions does a concert leave me with and how do the musicians react to it?

Music can spark curiosity and leave us with questions. After the concert is a wonderful time to discuss what we've heard. During the Month of Contemporary Music, the ‘Three questions to ...’ series of talks by field notes invites artists to give background information on the music they share. The series kicks off with three questions to the artists and the audience is cordially invited to join in the conversation with their own questions and thoughts.

→ Hošek Contemporary
Mo., 15.09., 20h bei »the snare drum project«
Drei Fragen an Mikołaj Rytowski

→ Friedhof Sophien II
Fr., 26.09., 20h bei »Friday Evening Improvisation at Cemetery Chapels«
Drei Fragen an Ulrike Ruf und Zeynep Ayse Hatipoglu

→ Kirche St. Elisabeth
So., 05.10., 18h bei »Schaufeln | Brayen — Rain«
Drei Fragen an Max Murray

→ BKA-Theater
Di., 07.10., 20h bei Weltgewandt
Drei Fragen an Heather Roche und Eva Zöllner

For further reading

Radio of the Month

Since 2019, the program »The Rest Is Music« has been featuring music from the 20th and 21st centuries. On Tuesdays during Contemporary Music Month, host Nico Daleman invites artists from the festival to the studio.

Venues

Here you can find the addresses of the venues taking part in the Month of Contemporary Music.

Kissas

Since the 1930s, Kissas have been serving listening sessions with selected records on high-quality audio systems in intimate cafés in Japan for the price of a coffee or whisky.

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Focal Points

The Month of Contemporary Music is a collaborative project: it is the ensembles, festivals and artists who shape the programme of the umbrella festival with their own events. As a result, there is a variety of themes and forms of music-making and composing that run through the programme as...

Opening of the Month of Contemporary Music

The 2025 edition of the Month of Contemporary Music opens with a concert by the AGGREGATE Festival on 13 September at 8pm at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.