“TON FÜR TON”

Can a simple line on a piece of paper be interpreted as notated music, if we define the parameters of interpretation, or use the line as musical inspiration? The original goal of musical notation – to make a musical action reproducible – has without doubt gained new meaning in the era of recorded sound, and several composers have looked for, and continue to look for, means of linking graphic notation to more traditional musical notation. In this concert, six young improvising musicians will come together to interpret visual notation sources that differ from more traditional scores, among them pieces with open, enigmatically-notated structures, pieces using well-defined, unique sets of signs, pieces that reinterpret traditional notational devices, and pieces that utilize the concepts of synesthesia and the relationship between colour and sound.