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<font size="-1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Theoretical
and Aesthetic approaches to composition - a 2day Workshop with Zbigniew
Karkowski - Nov 2&3 Berlin<br>
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Born in Krakow, Poland, in 1958, Zbigniew Karkowski is one of the most
significant artists working in the field of experimental and
contemporary music. <br>
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For the first time in Berlin, he will give a workshop for sound
artists, musicians or composers who are interested in his approach to
composition and live performance on both the technical and formal
level. This workshop gives the participants an opportunity to gain
insight into the working methods of on one of the most challenging
composers / performers of electronic music today. <br>
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Karkowski will teach the participants about his aesthetic and
conceptual approaches towards composition through an in depth analysis
of some of his own pieces as well as exploring the compositional
concepts that are inherent to the design of his Max and Super Collider
patches. Along these lines aesthetic approaches towards the use of
sound textures, timbres and the technical aspects of sound production
will also be covered and finally he will share his experiences and
ideological beliefs about live performance and composition. <br>
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Karkowski studied composition at the State College of Music in
Gothenburg, Sweden, aesthetics of modern music at the University of
Gothenburg’s Department of Musicology, and computer music at the
Chalmers University of Technology. After the completion of his studies
in Sweden, he has studied sonology for a year at the Royal Conservatory
of Music in Den Haag, Netherlands. During these years, he attended many
summer composition master courses (Centre Acanthes in France) where he
studied with Pierre Boulez, Iannis Xenakis, Olivier Messiaen, and
Georges Aperghis. <br>
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He has produced numerous works in the fields of both acoustic and
electronic music and has written 3 pieces for large orchestra, an opera
and several chamber music works. Karkowski was also a founding member
of the electroacoustic music performance trio <br>
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“Sensorband” (with Atau Tanaka and Edwin van der Heide) and
collaborated with artists like Francisco Lopez, Blixa Bargeld, Merzbow,
Pita, Hafler trio,... <br>
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Based in Tokyo, Karkowski has a large collection of releases and
regularly presents his work all over the world. <br>
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Location: NK <br>
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<font size="-1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Elsenstr. 52
2HH 2Etage <br>
Berlin 12059 <br>
Tel nr. +49 (0)17620626386 <br>
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When: Nov 2 & 3, 2009 <br>
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Fee: 100euros <br>
Number of participants is limited to 15. <br>
Preregistration is highly recommended and can be done by sending an
email to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:enka_nk@gmx.de">enka_nk@gmx.de</a> <br>
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