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New music is polarizing, no question about it. For many listeners, the multi-dimensionality of new music and the complex notational techniques connected with it represent a daunting contrast with the familiar sound and look of older classical music and notation. The new and novel calls for elucidation if these sometimes highly challenging creations are not to leave audiences feeling helplessly uncomprehending.
At Hörstudio II, you can take the plunge into the sounds of new music with composer Iris ter Schiphorst to guide you: talking about her life, discussing the concepts of music that prevail today and providing a useful context for understanding them via a side-trip to the 19th century.
