2019/2020

tunings of the world 2.0
plur(e)alities in music

#jinju – south korea
#chennai – india
#berlin – germany
#kaohsiung & taipei – taiwan

April 2, 2020 – Music for a Park
Natesan park, Chennai
based on Karlheinz Stockhausen’s ‘From the Seven Days’ (1968)

Connection – Landscape / Connection – Universe / Intensities – Four Islands / Meeting Point and Crab / Set Sail for the Sun

April 5, 2020, 18:30 – Music for a House
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai
based on Karlheinz Stockhausen’s ‘From the Seven Days’ (1968)

Communion / Connection / Gold Dust / Intensity / It / Meeting Point / Set sail for the sun

tunings of the world 2.0 – plur(e)alities in music collects various musical practices and sonic identities of places in four countries. With the expansion of digital cultures, the question emerges: how do local and historical sonic-cultural identities shape, change and co-exist while dealing with the pressures of standardization in a networked world? The subtitle »plur(e)alities« points to the intertwined link between local and global perception as well as singular and pluralistic realities.

#chennai – india, part of the international project tunings of the world 2.0, focuses on a collaboration between Indian musicians and the Ensemble KNM Berlin from Germany. The performances are based on the collection of fifteen text compositions ‘From the Seven Days’ by the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Ensemble KNM Berlin

Theo Nabicht, Saxophon/Doublebass clarinet | Pascal Viglino, Percussion | JD Zazie, Turntable/CDj | Ana Maria Rodriguez, Electronics/Keyboard | Theodor Flindell, Violine | Kirstin Maria Pientka, Viola | Thomas Bruns, Dramaturgy/production management

Musicians from Chennai

Anantha Krishnan – Mridangam / Indian Percussion
Harini Iyer – Vocals
Vijaygopal – Flute
and others

▶ Projekte

Tunings of the World 2.0 is a project by the Ensemble KNM Berlin in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Taipei, the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai, Studio Acht Taiwan, Jinju Music Festival (JMF) and Berghain Ostgut GmbH. Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe and the National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan).