Podcasts by Darmstadt On Air

Darmstadt On Air #23: Poetics of Fallibility from 2021-08-28T11:40:02

Darmstadt On Air #22: Devising Tactilities from 2021-08-11T00:15:13

Episode number 22 of Darmstadt On Air presents a conversation between choreographer and director Vera Tussing and composer Michael Picknett. They talk about the intersection between composing and c...

Darmstadt On Air #21: There's always a pilot to each piece from 2021-08-04T12:50:42

One of the central themes of this year’s Darmstadt festival is artistic collaboration and collective creativity. We are interested in how collaborative processes work, especially in the field of mu...

Darmstadt On Air #20: Singleton in Darmstadt Again from 2021-07-30T11:20:29

For the 20th episode of Darmstadt On Air, we will hear an interview with composer Alvin Singleton, conducted by historical musicologist Harald Kisiedu and composer George Lewis on July 19 2021. In ...

Darmstadt On Air #19: Schöne Stellen – Beautiful Moments from 2021-04-12T21:25:37

For the 19th episode of Darmstadt On Air, two composers have picked music that they like and find beautiful. Starting with one moment from each other’s oeuvre, Hans Thomalla and Katherine Young dis...

Darmstadt On Air #18: Tunnels and Threads from 2021-03-23T14:00:44

Tunnels and threads between concept and performance, the pleasure of hanging out in the world of the initial idea, collective decision making processes: In episode 18 of Darmstadt On Air we are lis...

Darmstadt On Air #17: Fighting Formations from 2021-03-03T09:15:31

Episode 17 of Darmstadt On Air is about political activism in music. It is hosted by Peter Meanwell, music journalist and artistic director of Borealis, a festival for experimental music that takes...

Darmstadt On Air #16: Dissonance Makes Things Move from 2021-01-26T21:40:09

We are back from the winter break with episode 16 of Darmstadt On Air, a series of conversations hosted by the Darmstadt Summer Course tutors: Flute tutor Claire Chase met composer Marcos Balter wi...

Darmstadt On Air #15: Music theater as heterotopic space from 2020-12-02T20:25:08

The 15th episode of Darmstadt On Air is hosted by a new composition tutor of the Darmstadt Summer Course: Sarah Nemtsov. She invited the set designer Sebastian Hannak to be her conversation partner...

Darmstadt On Air #14: Being the pilot from 2020-11-20T16:05:15

Episode #14 of the Darmstadt On Air podcast is dedicated to composer-performer collaborations. It is hosted by the Austrian double bass player and improviser Uli Fussenegger (*1966) who has been in...

Darmstadt On Air #13: Collaboration as life force from 2020-11-10T22:45:02

„Collaborating is the main life force for me.“

Two inspiring harpists have met for the Darmstadt On Air podcast #13: Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir is an Icelandic harpist based in Berlin, foundi...

Darmstadt On Air #12: Talking in the now now from 2020-11-03T19:30:20

Talking in the now now: Darmstadt composition and oboe tutor Cathy Milliken is interviewing composer Liza Lim for the 12th Darmstadt On Air podcast. Cathy and Liza, both born in Australia, have kno...

Darmstadt On Air #11: Stop just decolonizing from 2020-10-26T14:26:32

The New York based, Chinese born composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and performer Du Yun will be teaching composition at the next Darmstadt Summer Course for the first time. She hosted the 1...

Darmstadt On Air #10: Visibility in electronic music from 2020-10-20T14:47:51

„Some people drink a glass of whisky, some people probably sniff coke, some people drink a beer, I like dressing up.“

The 10th episode of the Darmstadt On Air podcast is about visibility i...

Darmstadt On Air #9: Interaction with other ears from 2020-10-11T21:37:59

The 9th episode of Darmstadt On Air is dedicated to composer Annea Lockwood who is interviewed by music journalist and Darmstadt tutor Kate Molleson.
Annea was born in Christchurch/New Zealand ...

Darmstadt On Air #8: Virtuality as an artistic tool from 2020-09-29T08:52:57

In the 8th episode of Darmstadt On Air Alexander Schubert, multimedia composer and tutor of the Darmstadt Summer Course, spoke to the German theater director Susanne Kennedy via Zoom. They both sha...

Darmstadt On Air #7: Spaces and islands from 2020-09-20T11:57:10

In the 7th episode of Darmstadt On Air we are witnessing the start of a new artistic collaboration between two extraordinary musicians: Marco Blaauw, trumpet player of Ensemble Musikfabrik, soloist...

Darmstadt On Air #6: Grappling with the canon from 2020-08-29T10:04:47

Episode 6 of Darmstadt On Air is hosted by pianist and Darmstadt piano tutor Nicolas Hodges: He talks to conductor and curator Ilan Volkov about programming, about working relations with composers,...

Darmstadt On Air #5: Hello Avatar from 2020-08-22T10:07:57

Stefan Prins, composer, performer, co-director of the Nadar Ensemble, Professor of Composition & director of the Hybrid Music Lab at the Hochschule für Musik “Carl Maria von Weber” Dresden, talks t...

Darmstadt On Air #4: How to write it down from 2020-08-15T13:15:54

The fourth episode of Darmstadt On Air is hosted by Lucas Fels, cellist of the Arditti Quartet and Darmstadt cello tutor. Lucas visited Ellen Fallowfield in Basel in July 2020. Like Lucas, Ellen ha...

Darmstadt On Air #3: Poemproducer meets digipoet from 2020-08-01T16:55:26

The third episode of Darmstadt On Air, the audio podcast of the Darmstadt Summer Course, is hosted by Antye Greie-Ripatti, also known as Poemproducer or AGF. Antye is a German electronic musician a...

Darmstadt On Air #2: The not quite innocent bystanders from 2020-07-26T18:22:36

The second episode of Darmstadt On Air, the new audio podcast of the Darmstadt Summer Course on music and experiment, is dedicated to the role of interpreting artists. Yaron Deutsch, founder and gu...

Darmstadt On Air #1: Breaking the system is not a mistake from 2020-07-19T16:47:54

Darmstadt On Air is the new series of audio podcasts of the Darmstadt Summer Course! As the 2020 Darmstadt Summer Course has to be postponed until 2021, we'd like to build a bridge between this sum...