“Sometimes music vibrates beyond the clouds, and we can no longer hear its echo. Very rarely is it truly infinite; then it makes us forget the Earth. The great masters sense that they have one more thing to say, and that life is coming to an end –. But their music stays behind with humanity as a legacy, and we must gratefully preserve this precious gem, and endeavour in the spirit of the musician to grow deeper and deeper into his works and let them worthily arise again.” K. Stockhausen, August 20th 1948

Compoers, interpreters, musicologists, sound projectionists and music lovers world-wide are warmly invited to participate in the thirteenth annual Stockhausen Concerts and Courses Kuerten which has as its theme:

9 concerts will take place over a period of 9 days. In addition, the Center for Stockhausen Space Music will be continued, in which a course on how to project Stockhausen’s spatial music is being offered to all musicians who are already sound projectionists, all musicians and music lovers who want to learn more about the art of sound projection, and sound technicians who want to learn how Stockhausen’s sound equipment is installed and adjusted to arrive at the legendary authentic “Stockhausen sound”.

The 9 concerts include live performances by musicians who performed with Stockhausen for many years and works of his electronic music. The participants in the sound projection course will have the opportunity to learn how to arrive at the authentic Stockhausen sound through fine adjustment (aiming, height, filtering) of the loud speakers, and mixer circuiting.

During dress rehearsals and open rehearsals they will learn how to position microphones for optimal pick-up of instruments and voices. Finally they will learn how to create the proper environment for concentrated listening through lighting and aesthetics.

The course will be led by Stockhausen’s long-term sound projection assistants, Kathinka Pasveer and Bryan Wolf, together with Stockhausen’s personal sound engineer Igor
Kavulek.

All participants are encouraged to attend the course for sound projection to learn what is involved in performing Stockhausen’s works from the sound technical point of view (microphones, transmitters, quality of equipment, installation of equipment, etc.) and why it is essential to be assisted by an experienced sound projectionist and a highly qualified sound engineer.

The course for Stockhausen’s intuitive music is new this year. It will be led by the Ensemble for Intuitive Musik Weimar