Crossroads | Symposium & Concert

Crossroads | Symposium & Concert KCB 2023 (Schwitters)
Concert
Data
,
10:00
to
17:00
Location
MIM - Musical Instruments Museum, Hofberg 2, 1000 Brussels
Price
Free entrance

Songs on lyrics by Stefan George and Peter Altenberg

Language: German (lectures) & English (debate)

A day filled with music and literature, with lectures on Viennese 'coffee house' author Peter Altenberg and German symbolist Stefan George, followed by a debate on correlation between writer and composer and ending with a concert packed with exciting music from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Led by Jurgen De Pillecyn, Giacomo Danese & Kristin Van den Buys.
Theme

Symposium music and literature: German literature on music of the 20th and 21st century of a.o. Stefan George & Peter Altenberg. 

Schedule

10:00        References of Prof. Hermann Danuser (Berlin) & Prof. Kai Kauffmann (Bielefeld) given in German
                  with a subsequent debate that will be held in English.

15:00        Concert with alumni and students of KCB
                  music of Berg, Webern, Eisler, Wellesz, Adorno, Procaccioli, De Pillecyn & Apostel.                                   

 

Research

The artistic, scientific and practice based research at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel is fully integrated into the Music and Musical curricula and all education is research driven. Its objective is to educate wellinformed, high level musicians who are able to reflect critically upon their own musical practice. The research is driven by the research council Trobador.

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