ZAMUS - Zentrum für Alte Musik - Germany
- is a platform for the more than 170 musicians and ensembles of the Kölner Gesellschaft für Alte Musik e.V. (KGAM), which supports zamus
- organizes and supports scientific, innovative and experimental events and series with a focus on early music.
- is committed to the independent early music scene in NRW, is its musical contact point and contributes to its international appeal
- connects artists, scholars, amateur musicians, children, young people, students and all music lovers
- offers space for all those interested in early music in new formats
- is the lighthouse project next to the Helios Tower in the center of Cologne-Ehrenfeld and a unique music center in Germany.
ZAMUS - Zentrum für Alte Musik
Heliosstraße 15, Köln, 50825, Germany
/ (0221) 987-43821
/ info@zamus.de
Beyond Baroque
Germany
The programme includes pieces such as Telemann's "Les Nations", which depicts various nations and their cultural characteristics, Jean-Baptiste Lully's "Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs" and Pancrace Royer's "Air pour les turcs".
The programme also shows that European composers were inspired by the instruments of non-European cultures, such as Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, who attempts to depict the sound of the long-necked lute in "Colascione".
Or that musical practices in the West and East have parallels, namely when it comes to improvisational practices. The ensemble is made up of harpsichord, lute, viola da gamba, violin and transverse flute, reinforced in places by kamancheh.
In the context of important current post-colonial debates about Eurocentrism and cultural appropriation, however, it is also clear that the reception of the so-called "Orient" as a Western imagination and a space of fascination for the "exotic other" is a problematic one, as existing stereotypes and power dynamics of the gaze from Europe to the East are multiplied in art and music. The concert will be moderated by Sara Beimdieke (University of Cologne), who is a musicologist and researcher in the field of exoticism and orientalism.
ZAMUS - Zentrum für Alte Musik
Agenda
From 11 September 2022 to 11 September 2022/ Germany
zamus: unlimited // Al Mutaqa
Like no other ensemble, Sanstierce stands for the subtle fusion of…
20 November 2022/ Germany
zamus: unlimited // Schütz and Brahms - Two Brothers in the Spirit
On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of his death, this year the Bach…
30 April 2023/ Germany
zamus: unlimited // To invoke the clouds
How to listen with the whole body? Imagine not only listening to the…
From 14 May 2023 to 25 May 2023/ Germany
zamus: early music festival
From 14 to 25 May, the 13th zamus: early music festival will explore the…
From 16 June 2023 to 17 June 2023/ Germany
you:gendbarockmusikfestival: "Crescendo"
For the second time, zamus presents the you:gendbaroque music festival -…
From 22 October 2023 to 22 October 2023/ Germany
zamus: umlimited // Sympatheia συμπάθεια - Sound of resonance
Cultural goods also travelled along European-Scandinavian trade routes:…
From 27 October 2023 to 27 October 2023/ Germany
zamus: unlimited // Extreme: Airy harmonies
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, one of the most progressive composers of the…
From 23 November 2023 to 23 November 2023/ Germany
zamus: support // Holistic voice training
Workshop with Agnes Erkens at zamus: Centre for Early Music…
From 05 December 2023 to 05 December 2023/ Germany
zamus: support // Space for empathy
Workshop with Sonja Nowakowski at zamus: Centre for Early Music…
From 15 December 2023 to 15 December 2023/ Germany
zamus: unlimited // Eye images
Folkwang Barock, the student orchestra of the Folkwang University of the…
From 30 December 2023 to 30 December 2023/ Germany
zamus: unlimited // Breaking Points
Biographical breaks, breaks between times, places, genres - In the 10th…