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musikFabrik
12+ albums
trumpetinstrumentalgermanpianocontemporary classical
about
When posed the question: „What could a musikFabrik be?“, a clever primary school child answered: „That is where they create music that hasn’t been made yet“. That basically sums up everything in a nutshell. MusikFabrik has been commissioning new works and performing unknown ones since 1991. It is never just a question of interpretation, but of taking new paths of development. The Cologne-based soloist ensemble has built up a close collaboration with prominent conductors and composers. The ensemble’s guest list is as prominent as it is long: It includes Mark Andre, Louis Andriessen, Stefan Asbury, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Péter Eötvös, Heiner Goebbels, Toshio Hosokawa, Michael Jarrell, Mauricio Kagel, Helmut Lachenmann, Olga Neuwirth, Emmanuel Nunes, Carlus Padrissa (La Fura dels Baus), Emilio Pomàrico, Enno Poppe, Henri Pousseur, Wolfgang Rihm, Peter Rundel, Rebecca Saunders, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sasha Waltz and Hans Zender. Contrary to what its name suggests, the musikFabrik does not have a boss. With its democratic base, the musicians themselves take the responsibility for making all-important decisions. This particularly applies to concert programming, which has shaped musikFabrik’s very unique profile. Their programmes consist of interdisciplinary projects that can include: live electronics, dance, theatre, film, literature, visual arts, along with chamber music and the confrontation with works using an open form and improvisation. The musikFabrik is as open as it
top songs
albums
James Tenney: Forms 1-4 (1993) for Ensemble
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Saunders: Quartet, Into the Blue, Molly's Song 3 & Dichroic Seventeen
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Sotelo: Wall of Light - Music for Sean Scully
Rebecca Saunders - Stirrings Still
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Stirrings Still
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Ligeti: Lux aeterna
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Forms 1-4 [disc 1]
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Sprechgesänge - Edition musikFabrik
Tragödia (Der Unsichtbare Raum)
Rebecca Saunders: Quartet, Into the Blue, Molly's Song 3 & Dichroic Seventeen
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Forms 1-4 (Disc 2)
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Darmstadt Aural Documents, Box 1 - Composers-Conductors