Project: Festival "Sound Visions" 2005 (Klangvisionen)

Festival "Sound Visions" 2005 (Klangvisionen)

 
Project “Festival "Sound Visions" 2005 (Klangvisionen)”

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Festival "Sound Visions" 2005 (Klangvisionen) 

 

March 11th-13th, 2005

"Sound Visions" (Klangvisionen) – Festival for intuitive music with Markus Stockhausen in St. Maternus church, Cologne, GERMANY

Over the course of the last several years Markus Stockhausen and Rolf Zavelberg have established a concert series in the St. Maternus church in Cologne that has met with general acceptance amongst connoisseurs. For the fifth anniversary of this series the Aktivraum Agency will produce the festival “Klangvisionen” from the 11th till the 13th of March 2005 to promote this innovative concert concept.

“The enjoyment of this concert experience is absolutely not limited to insiders. These concerts are existential contact with music that differs from what people usually know from concerts or the media. For this no particular background is required of the listener– all that is necessary is the readiness to listen” – Stefan Müller, editor of the German telecast “3Sat-Kulturzeit”.

The musicians

Musicians from different countries and from completely different traditions will perform as soloists and in combination with Markus Stockhausen and other musicians. They will mostly play intuitive, vital, experimental and spontaneous music.

Participants are: Noirin Ni Riain, a female Irish singer with spiritual songs of various origins; the Tunisian singer and oud player Dhafer Youssef with his very personal creation of Arab music; the American Mark Nauseef, whose concerts with cymbals, gongs, (singing bowls [I think]) and other mystical instruments are evocative of magical rituals, Tara Bouman from Holland with her pure, warm and imaginative clarinet playing; the British grand seigneur of free music Evan Parker, known for his infinite saxophone cascades, the subtle Italian pianist Angelo Comisso as well as the virtuoso Cologne drummer Christian Thomé and of course Markus Stockhausen, "for many the trumpeter with the most beautiful and serenest sound world-wide " (H. J. Osterhausen, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 09/13/04)

The atmosphere

For Markus Stockhausen "St. Maternus church with its exceptional acoustics is the ideal place for this music. Rolf Zavelberg decorates it with an intriguing beauty through his paintings, light installations and flower arrangements. This creates space where the exceptional comes into being: for a deeper encounter in and through music."

Tickets

Eight concerts altogether (one concert devoted explicitly for children) as well as encounters through workshops open doors to new perspectives of sound and space and deepen the communication between the eight gifted musicians among themselves and with the listener as an active partner. The complete schedule can be found at www.aktivraum.de . Tickets for the festival can be obtained all over Germany in all advance booking places, via internet, by telephone (+49 221 2801 if you have a credit card) and in conjunction with other services at KölnTourismus and AMEROPA REISEN.

special cut-rate packages

KölnTourismus and AMEROPA REISEN offer special cut-rate packages that include lodging in a hotel in Cologne, a ticket to the festival and (some of them also) the journey to Cologne starting at 159.- Euro. Please call: +49 (0)1805/ 263 767 711 (0.12 Euro/Min. COLT Telecom) for AMEROPA REISEN and +49 (0)221 221-30421 or www.koelntourismus.de for KölnTourismus.

Venue

All concerts will take place at the St. Maternus church (Cologne-South, Alteburger street / Maternuskirchplatz).

Sing along meditation

On Saturday, March 12th, we invite the visitors to participate in the sing-along meditation (17.00 – 18.00 in St. Maternus church. Markus Stockhausen and Noirin Ni Riain will lead this event. Participation free of charge

Festival lunch

On Sunday the Greek restaurant Tavernaki (next to St. Maternus) offers a festival lunch (beginning at 13.00), where you can meet the musicians. Advance reservation is necessary: www.aktivraum.de/lunch.html, Tel.: +49 (0)221.934 81 16

Schedule

Friday, March, 11th 2005

19.00 h 1. Concert

Noirin Ni Riain voice

Markus Stockhausen trumpets

Tara Bouman clarinetts

Angelo Comisso piano

21.00 h 2. Concert

Evan Parker saxophone

Markus Stockhausen trumpets

Mark Nauseef percussion

Saturday, March, 12th 2005

19.00 h 3. Concert – Three solo performances

Tara Bouman clarinets

Mark Nauseef percussion

Evan Parker saxophone

21.00 h 4. Concert

Markus Stockhausen trumpets

Christian Thomé percussion, drums

Angelo Comisso piano

Sunday, March, 13th 2005

11.00 h C h i l d r e n s ‘ Concert

Tara Bouman clarinets

Noirin Ni Riain voice

Markus Stockhausen trumpets

Evan Parker saxophone

Mark Nauseef percussion

17.00 h 5. Concert – Two solo performances

Angelo Comisso piano

Noirin Ni Riain voice

18.30 h 6. Concert

Markus Stockhausen trumpets

Dhafer Youssef voice, oud

20.30 h 7. Concert – Open end

Final concert

with all musicians

(All dates are subject to change)

To the detailed schedule - of the festival

Workshops

for active musicians and listeners the Cologne Academy of Music offers three workshops on Saturday, March 12th, 2005, at 11.00 – 13.30. These will be led by Noirin Ni Riain (canto), Evan Parker (saxophone) and Mark Nauseef (percussion). File applications to Dr. Sauer, Hochschule für Musik, Dagobertstr. 38, 50668 Köln; Tel. +49 (0)221.912818105, participation fee 15,– Euros. (Free for students of the Hochschule and festival pass holders.)

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