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: Concert film »Catamorphosis«

Fragile, hopeful sounds and powerful, brutal and destructive sounds: the enthralling work by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir is impressively staged here.

Heard anew: Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

Questions for the composers featured in the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« New Music festival.

Alfred Schnittke – A Portrait

A report by a contemporary witness on one of the leading composers of the 20th century

Heard anew: Hans Abrahamsen

5 questions for the composers featured in the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« New Music festival.

Alan Gilbert: »We really mean it seriously«

Conductor Alan Gilbert talks about the new festival »Elbphilharmonie Visions«.

Heard anew: Dieter Ammann

5 questions for the composers featured in the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« New Music festival.

About blue slippers and prancing violins

Two artists design amazing costumes for the music of the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« festival. About an out-of-the-ordinary project.

Heard anew: Lisa Streich

5 questions for the composers featured in the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« New Music festival.

Heard anew: James Dillon

5 questions for the composers featured in the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« New Music festival.

Heard anew: Enno Poppe

5 questions for the composers featured in the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« New Music festival.

Heard anew: Sofia Gubaidulina

5 questions for the composers featured in the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« New Music festival.

Heard anew: Jörg Widmann

5 questions for the composers featured in the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« New Music festival.

Heard anew: Thomas Larcher

5 questions for the composers featured in the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« New Music festival.

A portrait of the composer Thomas Larcher

Thought out with the heart, felt with the mind: Thomas Larcher and his cleverly-devised and emotionally accessible music.

Lisa Streich: What she wants to hear

The swedish composer has shimmering, crystalline sounds in mind for the Elbphilharmonie. Thanks to a composition prize, she now has the chance to realise her ideas.

Not So New at All Any More

Contemporary classical music: a short history of the sound of the 20th century

Interview with Wolfnag Rihm

»Whatever we do is always »›here and now‹«: The famous composer Wolfgang Rihm about his music and his work with Ensemble Modern.

Elbphilharmonie Talk with Caroline Shaw

The American musician talks about the magic of nature, about her own roots and the message contained in her album »Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part«.

Elbphilharmonie Talk with Sō Percussion

They are inquisitive and open-minded: the members of the group Sō Percussion about their creative exchange with composers from all over the world.

Barbara Hannigan: EXPANDING THE SINGING ZONE

The soprano and conductor has a special relationship with art.