EIGHT BRIDGES | Music for Cologne 2015

2015/04/30-05/10 EIGHT BRIDGES | Music for Cologne 2015 festival aims to make contemporary music accessible to as many people as possible, to give it the recognition it deserves. On all festival days there are exciting concerts and a wide range of workshops, films, exhibitions, lectures and special events for children. These all add up to an exhilarating, well-balanced programme that offers something for everyone who is keen to explore the new and the unfamiliar. EIGHT BRIDGES | Music for Cologne 2015 festival embraces “Music.Politics?” as its theme, presenting a whole range of concerts that bring together the varied and conflicting approaches of contemporary composers to this issue and offering a broad foundation for discussion. The focus is on Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, whose work “De Staat” based on Plato’s “Politeia” represents a very particular response to the pairing of music and politics. Read more…