Faculty - Stockhausen Courses Kürten 2009

Suzanne Stephens (clarinet, basset-horn and bass clarinet),

Kathinka Pasveer (flute, alto flute, piccolo),

Frank Gutschmidt and Benjamin Kobler (piano),

Marco Blaauw (trumpet),

Hubert Mayer and Nicholas Isherwood (voice)

Stuart Gerber (percussion)
Percussion at he Courses (.pdf)

Antonio Pérez Abellán (synthesizer and piano),

Alain Louafi (gestures of INORI),
will hold master classes during both weeks and perform in the concerts.

Participants in the master classes may perform in 3 additional concerts.
July 21,23 and 25.

In addition, several guest musicians and ensembles have been
invited to perform, with open rehearsals of PROZESSION
(July 10th–15th), ZEITMASZE (July 11th–13th) und MUSIK
IM BAUCH (July 22nd–24th).

The open rehearsals of ZEITMASZE will also give young
conductors the opportunity to learn how to authentically conduct
the work. Films of Stockhausen rehearsing and conducting
ZEITMASZE will also be shown.

Lectures, Seminars and Discussions

During both weeks the following musicologists and experts in
their fields will each give several lecture-seminars with musical
examples and will moderate discussions on Stockhausen’s music
for all participants:
Rudolf Frisius (topic still to be decided)
Gregorio Karman (COSMIC PULSES)
Jerome Kohl (ZEITMASZE)
Paul Miller (LICHTER –WASSER and OKTOPHONIE)
Imke Misch (MITTWOCHS-ABSCHIED)
Gerard Pape (The performance of PROZESSION using computers)
Thomas Ulrich (The Protagonists in LICHT)
and others still to be decided.
The language spoken in all seminars is English.