OUR COMPOSERS
In anticipation of the Bonn residency, oneMusic launched an unprecedented search for new composers to programme against and alongside Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto and Symphony. The mission of creating a totally open call for commissions, and advertising this search across social media was to intentionally bring in voices, styles, and influences from outside of the classical establishment, and in doing so encouraging a blend of genres not experienced in the concert setting.
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Ofer Pinhas
If you had one day to live what would you do?
Answer as many magazine-questionnaires as I can :)
In an ideal world when and how should people listen to your music?
For sure standing up while having space to dance and experience the music through their body.
Besides that I believe music is a shared experience without real hierarchy or sacredness, so I would remove any barriers between the crowd and the performers so they all could interact and influence the music as it is happening.
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Andrew Creeggan
If you had one day to live what would you do?
Control_S!! and then find my loved ones and tell them. Bach, Joplin on the piano, frisbee at the beach in 3 feet of water, play cards…
What is your biggest dream and what is your biggest fear?
shark attack, leave something of worth and know the truth about everything…(sorry fear and then dream)
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Florian Kovacic
If you had one day to live what would you do?
Say goodbye to children and women…
It is 2097 and your piece is played to an audience of 14 robots, 35 people and 76 animals or varying sorts, how will they all react, and what do you want them to feel?
Hopefully they will - after listening - cherish trees, water, wind, rocks, cattle, birds, mills, farmers, tempests, portraits, stone houses, temples, cathedrals, villages, books...more and forget the rush to earn money, have a career or be famous or some kind of 'good'...whatever...short: hopefully they feel, like I feel listening to Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Mahler, Ravel, Strawinsky...Beatles, Queen, Prince, Evans, M.Ward...
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Peter Kerkelov
In an ideal world when and how should people listen to your music?
They should be aware of the structure's motion throughout the whole piece and be able to dissect in their mind all the layers of non-musical meanings, which include references to literature in different languages, ancient traditional ritualistic practices, quantum physics, surrealism among others. Thus, it appears they should be calculating robots with a beating heart larger than their head.
Your favourite place to compose: a cave, an attic, a café, on the train, or are you inspired everywhere?
I'm inspired when waking or washing dishes and love to compose in a very quiet and light space.
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Marshall McDaniel
Do you like garlic or not?
Food without garlic is barely food.
It is 2097 and your piece is played to an audience of 14 robots, 35 people and 76 animals of varying sorts, how will they all react and what do you want them to feel?
I’m assuming by that point brain-computer interfaces will be so common and widespread, I’ll be able to program audience reactions and emotions as part of the score. The cyborgs and animal-human hybrids will be jumping out of their seats streaming tears of ecstasy whether they want to or no.
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Robin Haigh
It is 2097 and your piece is played to an audience of 14 robots, 35 people and 76 animals of varying sorts, how will they all react, and what do you want them to feel?
It's interesting thinking about how my music might be interpreted in the future if anyone cares to listen to it - on one hand, I do want to write music that has the universality to stay relevant….