»Awakening the ear« – this is how Luigi Nono once described the purpose of his music, Prof. Friedrich Geiger explains. »He achieves this through contrasts more than anything else. His music brings very different entities together, which is why no one can really escape it entirely,« he says. In the »Elbphilharmonie Explains« video, the renowned Munich musicologist shares insights into the Venetian composer’s oeuvre and what exactly makes his music so fascinating.
Luigi Nono was one of the most influential composers of the post-war avant-garde. He expressed his human and political convictions in an intense sound language that turned the listening habits of his time upside down. He would have celebrated his 100th birthday in January 2024 – making this a fitting time to stage a spotlight for him at the Elbphilharmonie.
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About Prof. Dr. Friedrich Geiger
Friedrich Geiger studied Music, Historical and Systematic Musicology and Latin Philology in Munich and Hamburg. After completing his doctorate in 1997, he went on to head the Forschungs- und Informationszentrum für verfemte Musik (Research and Information Centre for Ostracised Music) up until 2002. In 2003, he habilitated in Hamburg on music in dictatorships – a subject that remains a focus of his research work to this day. From the summer semester of 2007, he taught as Professor of Historical Musicology at the University of Hamburg. In the summer semester of 2020, he accepted an appointment to the Chair of Historical Musicology at the Munich University of Music and Theatre. In summer 2020, he was elected a full member of the Academia Europaea.
As part of his research on Luigi Nono, he published an extensive work entitled »Venedig – Luigi Nono und die komponierte Stadt« (»Venice – Luigi Nono and the Composed City«) in 2015.
Spotlight Luigi Nono :The concerts in season 2023/24
- Elbphilharmonie Kleiner Saal
Portrait Luigi Nono
Past Concert - Elbphilharmonie Kleiner Saal
Les Métaboles / SWR Experimentalstudio
Portrait Luigi Nono
Past Concert - Elbphilharmonie Großer Saal
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / NDR Vokalensemble / Matthias Brandt / Jonathan Stockhammer
Luigi Nono: Il canto sospeso – NDR das neue werk
Past Concert
