Listen Differently: Multimedia Conversation Concert with Cao Thanh Lan (Piano)
Sat 09 Jan 2016, 8 pm
Goethe Institut
From Goethe Institut:
As part of the concert series “Listen differently”, which offers the audience surprising and exceptional hearing experiences, the Goethe-Institut presents a multimedia conversation concert with pianist Cao Thanh Lan.
For many years, Cao Thanh Lan has been interested in the esthetics of piano sounds and the question of what contemporary music should sound like. She experiments with tones and timbres, and confronts acoustic piano with electronic sounds. In Hanoi, she will play works of Tom Rojo Poller, who processed texts from Alexander Kluge, pieces by Peter Ablinger with voices of historical figures, as well as compositions by Olivier Messiaen, who was inspired by the singing of birds. The piano pieces will be complemented by audio recordings and video projections.
Many people perceive contemporary music as difficult and disharmonious. But does music need to be “harmonious”? What are the criteria for assessing new music, and can we even assess music at all? In direct conversation with the audience between the individual pieces, the musician will discuss her artistic approach. This way, she stimulates a critical and conscious perception of the music and the multimedia interplay.
Program
Tom Rojo Poller (DE) – (1978 – *) – Zeit ist nicht gutmütig (2011) for piano, transducer, audio and video projection
Tom Rojo Poller (DE) – Ein letztes Zeichen internationalistischer Solidarität (2011) for piano, transducer, audio and video projection
Tom Rojo Poller (DE) – Aus der Äonen-Chronik des Mönchs Andrej Bitow (2012) for piano, transducer, audio and video projection
P. Ablinger (AT) – (1959 – *) – from the cycle “Voices and Piano” – (since 1998) for piano and audio recordings
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxiu
Arnold Schönberg
O. Messiaen (FR) – (1908-1992) – Petites esquisses d’oiseaux (1985)
Le Rouge-gorge (erithacus rubecula)
Le Merle noir (turdus merula)
P. Ablinger (AT) – from the cycle “Voices and Piano”
Hanna Schygulla
Valentina Tereshkova
O. Messiaen (FR) – Petites esquisses d’oiseaux (1985)
Le Rouge-gorge (erithacus rubecula)
La Grive musicienne (turdus ericetorum)
P. Ablinger (AT) – from the cycle “Voices and Piano”
Billie Holiday
Setzuko Hara
O. Messiaen (FR) – Petites esquisses d’oiseaux (1985)
Le Rouge-gorge (erithacus rubecula)
L’Alouette des champs (alauda arvensis)
P. Ablinger (AT) – from the cycle “Voices and Piano”
Angela Davis
Cao Thanh Lan studied classical piano at the Hanoi Conservatory and the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. She became interested in, and studied, contemporary music, too, with professor Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Since 2007, she has won several awards in national and international competitions, and performed together with other musical ensembles at numerous festivals. Cao Thanh Lan moves between contemporary, classical and experimental music, always questioning the definition of music itself.
Free tickets are available from Monday 4 January 2016, 9 AM at Goethe-Institut.
Due to the limited amount of seats, please kindly note to not bring children younger than 12 years.
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