Ultraschall Berlin – Festival for New Music

“Ultraschall Berlin – the festival has undergone many a metamorphosis. And yet it has remained true to its basic idea. From the very beginning, Ultraschall Berlin has been a festival that integrates recently created works into a music-historical context that goes back to the beginnings of the post-war avant-garde, a period that now spans more than 70 years. In such a historical echo chamber, aesthetic developments become recognizable and generational successions and cyclical movements can be better traced. Although the number of premieres and first performances, including works commissioned by the festival, has noticeably increased in recent years, this dual approach remains valid for the festival: to offer a forum for current trends in contemporary music and at the same time to locate these current productions in a music-historical continuum. …” (translated with the free version of www.deepl.com/translator)