Ether 2011: Digital artist Klaus Obermaier on revamping The Rite of Spring

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Klaus Obermaier, digital artist behind The Rite of spring in 3D, in conversation with Southbank Centre’s Head of Contemporary Culture, Gillian Moore. GM: How have you managed to integrate a live dancer, live orchestra and screen? KO: Stereo cameras and a complex computer system transfer the dancer Julia Mach to a virtual three-dimensional space. Time layers [...]

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Ether 2011: Rites – The Rite of Spring live in 3D

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Ether has a history of bringing together seemingly the most unlikely of collaborators. This year is no different with Stravinsky’s seminal The Rite of Spring played live by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestraplus Klaus Obermaier’s stunning 3D visuals on a screen behind the orchestra. Julia Mach dances live to the music – a nod to Stravinsky’s [...]

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Ether 2011: Louis Andriessen on his Ether premiere

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Alison Fraser

London Sinfonietta’s Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits composer Louis Andriessen in his Amsterdam studio to discuss his work to be performed tonight at Ether 2011, including the UK premiere of Anaïs Nin a new work for singer, ensemble and film and De Staat (The Republic) his 1976 work of jazz-infused politically charged minimalism.   Hear London Sinfonietta [...]

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Ether 2011: Get to know Colin Currie

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Colin Currie, photo: Chris Dawes The Colin Currie Group are returning to Southbank Centre this week for Ether 2011 with one of Steve Reich’s most acclaimed works, Drumming. We caught up with Colin to ask him our quick questions. What do you fear the most and why? Struggling to answer this one, so I guess I’m [...]

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Ether 2011: Trailer for 2001: A Space Odyssey Live with Philharmonia Orchestra

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Following a sell-out success in June 2010, Southbank Centre presents Stanley Kubrick’s seminal film 2001: A Space Odyssey with live music. Conducted by André de Ridder, the enormous forces of Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Voices join together to perform the film’s extraordinary soundtrack, as live accompaniment to a screening in Royal Festival Hall. Long recognised as [...]

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Ether 2011: Space capsule lands at Southbank Centre

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Alison Fraser

On 31 March & 1 April, Will Gregory’s Piccard in Space crash-lands at Southbank Centre as part of Ether 2011. Gregory’s (of Goldfrapp) debut opera is a classic adventure about the real-life physicist Auguste Piccard and his mission to prove Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. In 1931, he broke aviation records by reaching 51,775 feet (15,781m) above [...]

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Ether 2011: Young Xenarchitects – Painting with Sound

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Alison Fraser

Ether 2011 sees a focus on one of the 20th century’s most important composers, Iannis Xenakis with performances and interactive workshops . Here composer Aleks Kolkowski tells us about his experiences with the Ether project ‘Young Xenarchitects’ at Southbank Centre. Iannis Xenakis‘ dual career as architect and composer is beautifully illustrated by his 1953 masterpiece Metasastis, whose graphic [...]

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Ether 2011: Win Exclusive Promo of Micachu & The Shapes and London Sinfonietta

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Alison Fraser

As part of Ether 2011, Micachu & The Shapes and Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra London Sinfonietta are teaming up once more for a night of 21st-century experimentalism. To celebrate another of Ether’s ground-breaking collaborations, we have 10 exclusive promo copies of Micachu & The Shapes and London Sinfonietta’s new release Chopped & Screwed to give away. Discussing [...]

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