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Based on the philosophy of Gaston Bachelard, this Naxos Hall Concert explores the phenomenon of liminal spaces – spaces between dream and reality, materiality and imagination. Within these fields of tension, sound becomes architecture and light becomes a shaping element of space. Moving between fantasy and hallucination, the avant-pop work Growth and Phantasm by composer Zeynep Toraman addresses the now-discontinued…

Ten Thousand Birds is based on the songs of birds that are native to or passing through the region where the work is performed. Once again, John Luther Adams seeks a musical connection to nature, a central theme throughout his work. The focus is on the subtle details of birdsong. Time is not measured; each page of the score forms…

Created in the aftermath of World War I, this timeless drama unfolds with an open ending. A soldier sells his soul to the Devil—a story based on a Russian folktale collected by Alexander Afanasyev and originally linked to the military conscription practices under Tsar Nicholas I. Against the concise and unsentimental text by Ramuz, Stravinsky sets a musical language enriched…

In the long-term project The Periodic Table, ensemble mosaik explores the idea of musically interpreting all 118 chemical elements. Each element serves as the starting point for an individual artistic reflection, bringing together scientific structures, socio-global perspectives, and aesthetic imagination. In collaboration with the Naxos Hall Concerts, five international perspectives will receive their world premieres. The framework for the evening…

Rockfalls, avalanches, hurricanes, thunderstorms, glacial calving, and floods – nature defies control. Wildnis / Espaces transports the audience into a lucid dream where there is no firm ground. Within a strict formal framework, an intangible avalanche of sounds and images unfolds, reflecting natural phenomena from a human perspective. Since its founding, the ensemble histoirefuture has been dedicated to improvisation—drawing inspiration…

At the center is an acousmonium – an orchestral landscape of loudspeakers arranged throughout the space. Acousmatic sounds move multidimensionally through the room, without their source being identifiable. Complemented by live sets on modular synthesizers and field recordings, the program brings together academically trained composers and artists from the electronic underground from France and Germany, creating an immersive listening experience…

From fleeting sound particles that form for a few seconds and then dissolve again, this Naxos hall concert grows at the intersection of composition, sound research, and improvised chamber music. Between hybrid blends of timbre, subtle noise nuances, and touchingly melancholic moments, the trio Ephemeral Fragments creates a dense, precisely controlled overall sound, interspersed with distinctive solo passages. In dialogue…