© SONART
© SONART
“Where is contemporary music headed — or has it reached its end?”

Performers

  • Michael Haefliger welcome address
  • Thomas Gartmann, Doris Lanz, and Raphaël Sudan introduction and book presentation
  • Charlotte Hug composer and performer
  • Daniel Ott composer
  • Tapiwa Svosve saxophone
  • Mark Sattler dramaturg of Lucerne Festival’s Contemporary Section
  • Gabrielle Weber moderation

Program

16.00
“Where is contemporary music headed — or has it reached its end?”

Panel discussion (in German) with
Charlotte Hug composer and performer
Daniel Ott composer
Tapiwa Svosve saxophonist
Mark Sattler dramaturg of Lucerne Festival’s Contemporary Section


In collaboration with the Bern University of the Arts

Description

Looking back and ahead: Founded 125 years ago and dissolved in 2017, the Swiss Musicians’ Association (Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein) played a pivotal role in shaping the country’s contemporary music scene. An exhibition traces its impact through archival documents, photographs, and eyewitness accounts. It also introduces two new companion volumes by musicologists Thomas Gartmann, Doris Lanz, and Raphaël Sudan: In the Eye of the Storm: The Swiss Musicians’ Association 1975–2017 and Musical Discourses after 1970 (both in German only). A discussion in German of the current state of contemporary music will follow.


Event Venue

KKL Luzern, Auditorium

Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern
Europaplatz 1
CH-6005 Luzern

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