The i-and-e festival of improvised music takes place on 23-25 April in Dublin.
The sixth annual "i-and-e" festival of improvised music presents Irish and international artists who share an interest in making music by means of free improvisation.
The following musicians from Germany will take part in the festival:
Eva-Maria Houben, piano
John Cage – Music for Piano 20 (1953)
Eva-Maria Houben – drei choräle (penser à satie) (2007)
Eva-Maria Houben – klavier (2003)
John Cage – Music for Piano 3 (1953)
Saturday, 24 April 2010, 3.00pm .
Goethe-Institut Irland, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Admission free.
Lecture by Eva-Maria Houben:
Presence - Silence - Disappearance. Some thoughts on the perception of "nearly nothing".
Sunday 25 April 2010, The Chapel, IMMA, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8, 2.00pm.
Concert "Neue Flötentöne" (Dörte Nienstedt, Anne Horstmann)
with compositions by Eva-Maria Houben, 3.00pm.
Programme: Atmungen; Throngs; Quelques Riens; Waves (first performance).
Admission is free to the events on 25 April 2010.
Eva-Maria Houben studied Music Education at Folkwang-Musikhochschule Essen and the organ with Gisbert Schneider. Since 1993 she has been lecturing as professor at Dortmund University`s “Institut für Musik und Musikwissenschaft”, with both music theory and contemporary music as her focus. Up to now many books were published, concerning contemporary music, contemporary composers and traditional music. Eva-Maria Houben has been performing works for the organ for more than 30 years. She is a member of the "wandelweiser" group of composers.
In 1996 the musicans Dörte Nienstedt and Anne Horstmann founded a duo using instruments, which in the 20th century were thought of as "not compatible": NEUE FLOETENTOENE - contemporary music for recorders and flutes. Since then a repertoire emerged in close cooperation with composers, picturing different trends of contemporary music making. Quite a lot of these works have been published, produced for broadcasting or recorded on CD.
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland
The Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2;
Goethe-Institut, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2;
The Chapel, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
Admission: €12 per concert, €20 festival ticket
Information: Tel. +353 1 661 1155. arts@dublin.goethe.org
Goethe-Institut Irland
Programme Department
37 Merrion Square
Dublin 2