Darmstadt On Air

In episode #26 Peter Meanwell (tutor of the seminar “Words On Music” this summer) interviewed Xwélmexw (Stó:lō/Skwah) artist, curator and writer Dylan Robinson about his book “Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies”. Published by University of Minnesota Press in 2020 “Hungry Listening“ presents an excoriating critique of colonial assimilation practices in the classical art music world, whilst simultaneously celebrating indigenous methodologies and art works, and proposing through "doing" a new way of writing sound and listening. The work has been a key text for Meanwell as he collaborates with Sámi artist Elina Waage Mikalsen exploring indigenous Sámi experimental sound and music through Borealis – a festival for experimental music in Bergen, Norway.

In the Darmstadt On Air podcast tutors of the Darmstadt Summer Course talk to a person of their choice and this time they start their conversation from a particular piece of music, a book, a piece of art, a performance, recording etc. In episode #25 Danish accordionist Andreas Borregaard talks with his compatriot composer Niels Rønsholdt about "Until Nothing Left", a solo piece for a performing accordionist that was created for him in 2017.

We are beginning a new season of the Darmstadt On Air podcast: Darmstadt Summer Course tutors talk to a person of their choice and this time they start their conversation from a particular piece of music, a book, a piece of art, a performance, recording etc.
In episode #24 Kate Molleson (tutor of the seminar "Words On Music" this summer) interviewed composer Cassandra Miller about her viola concerto "I cannot love without trembling", which you can listen to on Wednesday evening, 10 May 2023, 7:30pm on BBC radio 3 and online for 30 days afterwards.

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 choreographing using devising techniques. They specifically refer to one of their latest collaborations – Tactile Quartet(s) –, a dance performance that was realized in collaboration with four dancers and the string quartet Quatuor MP4. The question how creation and curation can be developed in the fluid processes between choreography and music was also part of their conversation.