by David Ryan and Andrew Chesher, with discussion chaired by Martin Iddon

Date: 20 February 2010
Time: 14.30
Venue: Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Entry fee: £6 (£4 concession)

The international summer school for new music in Darmstadt, Germany began in 1946 as one of many attempts to regenerate the city following World War II. Composers such as Messiaen, Varese, Berio, Boulez, Cage, Stockhausen and Xenakis taught on the courses and their impact on the new music scene has been profound.

Artists David Ryan and Andrew Chesher have visited the new music school, interviewed young composers attending and explored the archives. The result is a film that captures the intense creative focus the courses inspire and also investigates and questions the relationship between creative processes in the past and present. It includes documentation of live performances, interviews with Pierre Boulez, Brian Ferneyhough, young composers on recent courses and distinguished performers such as the Arditti String Quartet, as well as archival footage.

A discussion at 15.30 will be chaired by Martin Iddon, with contributions from Christopher Fox, James Clarke, Roger Redgate, Christopher Redgate and Rohan da Sarum.

To book a place please visit the University of Cambridge estore or call 01223 748100.

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