Mediatheque Stories tagged #Explained
: Mediatheque: What's going on here?
Streams, interviews, podcasts: A guide to the Elbphilharmonie's digital programme. #Highlights #Explained
Creator in Residence: Derrick Gee
As Creator in Residence, the Australian content creator, moderator and DJ is taking his millions of followers to the Elbphilharmonie in the 2024/25 season. #Highlights #CreatorInResidence #Explained
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: Twelve-tone music
»Liberated from a prison« – Arnold Schönberg revolutionised the music of the 20th century with his twelve-tone technique. #Explained #ContemporaryMusic #Schönberg
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: Playing techniques on the guitar
Like a small orchestra: the guitarist Thibaut Garcia on the vast possibilities of his instrument. #Explained
: How is a concert grand piano made?
From the lumber yard to the Elbphilharmonie stage: pianist and YouTube sensation Nahre Sol pays a visit to the Steinway factory in Hamburg. #Backstage #CreatorInResidence #Explained #Piano
Creator in Residence: Nahre Sol
YouTuber, pianist, composer: As Creator in Residence, Nahre Sol is a regular guest at the Elbphilharmonie in the 2023/24 season. #Highlights #CreatorInResidence #Explained
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor
»This work is like an image of life itself« – Nahre Sol talks about Franz Liszt’s famous Sonata in B Minor and shows how the composer creates an entire world from just a few motifs. #CreatorInResidence #Explained #Piano
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: The composer Luigi Nono
»You can’t escape his music« – The musicologist Prof. Friedrich Geiger on Luigi Nono and his fascinating, politically relevant music. #Explained #ContemporaryMusic
The mandolin – an all-rounder among instruments
Everything you need to know about the versatile plucked instrument and why it has rightly been chosen as the 2023 instrument of the year. #Explained #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2023
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: Sufism
The Berlin expert Sinem Kılıç on this fascinating branch of Islam, its history and traditions. #Explained #Sufi #World
: Elbphilharmonie explains: The nay
Mohamad Fityan of the ensemble Sarband explains his instrument, the Arab nay. #Explained #Sufi #World
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: The kanun
The kanun can have up to 84 strings. Salah Eddin Maraqa of the ensemble Sarband presents his special instrument. #Explained #Sufi #World
A Church Service in Music: The Mass
A short history of musical settings of the Mass. #Explained #Singing #MusicHistory
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: The classic kemençe
From night clubs to classical music. Efstratios Psaradellis of the ensemble Sarband explains his instrument. #Explained #Sufi #World
Not So New at All Any More
Contemporary classical music: a short history of the sound of the 20th century #Explained #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: Countertenor
Countertenors can sing beautifully in a high register. What is their secret? Alex Potter explains his high male voice. #Explained #Singing #MusicHistory
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: Afrofuturism
Afrofuturism expert Adyam Tesfamariam about the background and potential of this special artistic style and school of thought. #Afrofuturism #Explained #World
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: The Jazz Trumpet
The Hamburg trumpeter Philipp Püschel on the history and versatile sound of the trumpet in jazz. #Explained #Jazz #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2022
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: Hanns Eisler
Eisler expert Albrecht Dümling on the extraordinary composer, his contradictions and on music for a better world. #Eisler #Explained #MusicHistory
The Acoustics at the Elbphilharmonie
Frequently asked questions about the acoustics in the Grand Hall. #Highlights #Architecture #Explained