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Composing in a bi-cultural environment - a European composer and the gamelan experience

Composing in a bi-cultural environment - a European composer and the gamelan experience

MCC - 11/28/2009

Abstract After years of dominance of post-Adornoist historicism - "…The rules are not created arbitrarily. They are configurations of the historic pressure of the musical material…"(Adorno on Schönberg's dodecaphony, in: "Philosophie der neuen Musik", Frankfurt 1958, page 61) - the time has come to acknowledge other "pressures" with a more spacial character. In this realm, Indone…

Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival 09

Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival 09

MCC - 11/01/2009

The 1st KL Contemporary Music Festival 09 is organised by Goethe-Institut Malaysia and the Malaysian Composers Collective, together with event co-organiser SEGi College Subang Jaya, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 November 2009. The festival, with this year's theme of Urban Soundscapes, will bring together the best of Malaysian and South East Asian contemporary music at nightly concerts by Ensemble Mosaik and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. The weekend programme of evening concerts will be held at Segi College Un…