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Music is a deep, but not serious, spiritual practice
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Music is a deep, but not serious, spiritual practice
Music is just something for me
Music, for me, reveals the emptiness of boundaries and definitions – in consciousness, in space, and in music itself
»Music for Intersecting Planes« holds something far more porous and open than Malone and Bordreuil’s earlier works
Music, to me, is freedom to dance without inhibition, to let the tears flow freely, and the freedom to play air drums at full speed on my yellow racing bike as I ride down Mejlgade
For a long time, CTM has served as a beacon for contemporary electronic music. But in an increasingly fragmented scene, the question arises: does the festival still show the way?
In the end, one is left with the feeling of having attended a lecture rather than an opera. My final note before the curtain fell: Will this be on the test?
Music for me is a place to meet both oneself and others in emotions
Music is the pre-linguistic and pre-logical art form that allows us to access parts of consciousness that have not yet been thought about
At Borealis in Bergen, community is everywhere. But when everything is filtered through safety and intimacy, the music risks losing its necessity – and its bite.
Manchester Collective let longing, rupture and beauty seep through contemporary British music
A light – and perhaps somewhat cheap – dish, but who has the energy for more after four weeks of campaigning?
Before you know it, an hour has passed in which Vestergård, Sandberg, and ÆTLA have slipped poetry, madrigals, and new vocal music down the throat of a young audience. It can actually be quite fun!
Personally, I use music all the time – to create energy on a run, to create concentration for work tasks, or to find peace in stressful situations, such as in the dentist's chair
The major Danish composer festivals are starting to resemble each other more and more, but Pulsar Festival stands apart. Here, there is still more string quartet than performance art, making Pulsar an important alternative platform for new music – if only the festival itself would fully realize it.
Music, to me, is an open road to adventure, where anything can happen.
Music for us is a way to create a connection and community with other people
Marina Abramović lets herself be murdered, burned, and thrown to her death in »Seven Deaths« at the Cisterns – but the operatic canon voiced by Maria Callas tempers the radicality that has otherwise carried her art through an entire lifetime.
It seemed as if this important project succeeded with its co-creation and its conversations, but perhaps not entirely with its artistic expression
Considered as a documentary film, »Takkuuk« is fragmentary, chaotic and directionless, which is a shame, because the young musicians seem to have much more to offer
Katrine Philp’s documentary »A Classical Life« is therefore warmly recommended – not only to parents of musically inclined children, but to anyone interested in music
French electronic musician Rone attempts to talk to whales through music in a touching, but also a bit sentimental documentary
Music is for me a silent but powerful weapon
At the Barents Spektakel art festival, war, borders and vibrations are transformed into sound, conversation and art at Europe’s northernmost edge.
Dungeon synth opens a nostalgic portal to medieval fantasies, retro games, and cassette tapes – not to recreate the past, but to speak with its ghosts.