Music to The Space!
Interactive
Educational
Synthesis of the Arts
Szervezés:
Music to The Space!
This programme is held in Hungarian.
Nearly 50 years ago, NASA launched two space probes, Voyager 1 and 2, to explore outer space. During this time, they not only captured stunning images of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, but they are still on their journey, drifting further from Earth. Currently, they are near the edge of our Solar System, venturing farther into interstellar space than any previous human-made object.
On board each of the two probes is a special item, the ‘Golden Record,’ a disc preserving Earth's music, sounds, and images. If the probes were to encounter intelligent life in the universe, the materials recorded on the discs could help them understand what Earth and its inhabitants are like. As we approach the 50th anniversary, we attempt to rethink with the audience what music and sounds from Hungary would be exciting to send into space now. What does it mean to be human in the universe?
The family performance reflects playfully and communally on the relationship between humans, sound, and community, while providing an opportunity to collectively define these concepts based on our own musical experiences. The event, taking place in the grand hall of the House of Music, is both frontal and interactive: under the guidance of the music director (Samu Gryllus), the audience becomes an active creator of music while the performance conveys both scientific and musical knowledge: discussing the Voyager mission, the sounds of outer space, and the history and significance of audio descriptions made of humans. All this in a form that employs experiential pedagogy tools: participants not only hear something but can experience it as their own.
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The Transparent Sound New Music Festival was launched in 2014 on the initiative of composers Balázs Horváth and Samu Gryllus, with the collaboration of several well-known Budapest concert halls and organizations. In 2020, Marcell Dargay joined the team as the third artistic director. The curators consider it important to present not only the latest works, but also frequently referenced, influential pieces from the history of new music. The House of Music has been one of the festival's main venues for four years now.
Rock Troubadours (US, 70s): CSNY, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Roy Harper
