Eva-Maria Houben ‘constellations ‒ consolations’ for piano (2021)
Performed by Takuji Kawai
Programme Note:
The agreement concerning the game conveyed the permission to enjoy myself. I regained confidence step by step, and I recovered the trust in my vulnerability, my weakness, and my defenselessness.
-Eva-Maria Houben
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Music and the Non-Human
2023 Concert Series, Concert 2
11 February 2024, Kyushu University, Faculty of Design, Acoustic Research Centre
Series Concept:
This year's concert series ‘Music and the Non-Human’ is part of a three-year research project that draws on Japanese philosophy and aesthetics rooted in premodern, non-Western ontologies to interpret the relationship between human and non-human sounds from a new perspective.
The composers explore their relationship with nature and spiritual elements, drawing inspiration from pre-modern philosophy and nō theatre works. Inspiration from nature, field recordings and contemporary music with traditional instruments intersect to define meaningful ways of creating, listening to, sharing (and discussing) music in unstable times.
19 май 2024
