Rhizomatic structures

Now at Liszt Hall: Sandeep Bhagwati has worked as an artistic coordinator and musical idea concentrator (metteur-en-musique) with various ad-hoc ensembles initiated in response to the aesthetically and stylistically globalised population of musicians in large cities: In their composition and working process, these ensembles embody some of the musical traditions (and their social structures) found in, for example, Berlin, Montréal, Pune, Istanbul, Zurich, Oslo and Toronto. Fragile and ephemeral as such projects are, a rhizome of musical as well as methodological connections has emerged over time between their different models of music-making, their resonant spaces and actors, allowing for surprisingly robust insights and working methods for a critical trans-traditional practice. Inspired by aspects of actor-network theory (Latour/Callon), the author has developed the musicological concept of Śabdagatitāra (sanskr.: the crossing of different sound methods) for such practices and will present it, as well as the concrete working methods in his lecture - and will then proceed to try some of these methods with the ad-hoc ensemble present at this event. Come in and find out more!