Monophonie / Ensemble Musikfabrik
»Greatest Hits« / Festival for Contemporary Music
The third day of »Greatest Hits«, the contemporary music festival at Kampnagel and the Elbphilharmonie, is brought to a close by Phillip Sollmann’s 60-minute piece »Monophonie«. The Berlin-based DJ and techno producer, known in the club scene as Efdemin, has not only studied the instruments of the composer Harry Partch, who is highlighted in this year’s festival. Sollmann also uses instruments for his music that he has built himself, as well as a siren made by physicist Hermann von Helmholtz in the 19th century.
From 1 to 4 November, the »Greatest Hits« festival presents contemporary music at Kampnagel and the Elbphilharmonie. The focus this year is on the composers Gérard Grisey und Harry Partch. The latter was a contemporary of Arnold Schönberg and Aaron Copland; in the desert near San Diego Parch developed his own tuning system with home-made instruments which feature in many of the festival concerts.
Performers
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Paul Jeukendrup sound
Thomas Wegner sound assistant
Lukas Becker Lichtregie
Michael Kleine Lichtregie
Programme
Phillip Sollmann
Monophonie für Harry-Partch-Instrumente, Bertoia-Klangskulpturen und Hermann von Helmholtz´ Doppelsirene
Festival
Greatest Hits