Symphony Device
»Greatest Hits« / Festival for Contemporary Music
An original sound installation complete with live music accompanies the opening of the »Greatest Hits« festival, which presents contemporary music at Kampnagel and at the Elbphilharmonie from 1 to 4 November. For the occasion, the music research centre Tempo Reale in Florence, founded by Luciano Berio back in 1987, has put together various pieces of household equipment to create a »Symphony Device«. In addition to kitchen mixers and vacuum cleaners, the device features equipment from yesteryear such as a whirring dot-matrix printer and an old-school phone with a dial.
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 Partch developed his own tuning system with home-made instruments which feature in many of the festival concerts.
Performers
Tempo Reale live electronics
Francesco Canavese dramaturgy, composition, technics
Francesco Casciaro dramaturgy, composition, technics
Francesco Giomi dramaturgy, composition, technics
Damiano Meacci dramaturgy, composition, technics
Leonardo Rubboli collaboration
Francesco Perissi collaboration
production La Biennale di Venezia
production Tempo Reale
Programme
Tempo Reale
Symphony Device / Klangtheater für Vorrichtungen
Estimated end time
19:30
Festival
Greatest Hits