The Futurological Congress I

A joint project of the Institute for New Music of the Karlsruhe University of Music and the Department D of the Academy of Music "Hanns Eisler" Berlin, sponsored by the Federal Institute for Future Music (BIZM) of the Federal Ministry for Applied Future Studies (BMAZ).

Day 1

2:00 p.m.
Welcome: Markus Hechtle und Jörg Mainka, Moderators
Keynote: Nico Sauer und Vincent Wikström · bigger space gUG
"Hören wie 2021 – wieviel ist es wert?"
"Listening like 2021 - how much is it worth?"

2.45 p.m. Slot 1
Stefan Drees
"Inventur 2121 – Beobachtungen zum zeitgenössischen Musikleben im ersten Drittel des 22. Jahrhunderts"
"Inventory 2121 - Observations on Contemporary Musical Life in the First Third of the 22nd Century."

# Intermezzo 1 *

3.15 p.m. Slot 2
Pierre Basso · Melchior Killian
"Die Rolle der Musik in einer Gesellschaft im Umbruch – Mögliche Wege durch ökologische und soziale Krisen"
"The Role of Music in a Society in Transition – Possible Pathways through Environmental and Social Crises."

3.45 p.m. Tea break

4.15 p.m. Slot 3
Alexander Pilchen
"Zeitkapseln für nachkommende Komponisten"
"Time capsules for composers to come".

# Intermezzo 2 *    

4.45 p.m. Slot 4
Dustin Zorn
"sich an sich selbst seitwärts irrend"
"erring sideways on itself"

ca. 5.30 p.m.
Break

7.30 p.m. Concert at Wolfgang-Rihm-Forum
MOONBREAKER. A music festival on the moon in the year 2121.

* Haosi Howard Chen and blueblewbloom | 未來⼈ - Futuroharmony, because dissonance is so 2000! | 未諧
The length of the lectures per slot is 20 minutes, that of the intermezzi 1–3 minutes each.