Performing and Premiering in spite of a Global Crisis: Gerd Kühr’s Corona Meditation and its Usage of Online Platforms

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  • Susanne Göttlich Institute of Musicology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2020.3.5.127

Keywords:

Gerd Kühr, global crisis, technological opportunities, streaming, online content, contemporary music, classical concert life, virtual concert

Abstract

Through the challenges that can arise in connection with a global crisis, in which live performances are prohibited, musicians and music institutions, such as concert houses, have to find solutions in order to give the recipients the opportunity to convey music through a different medium. Gerd Kühr’s Corona Meditation for any number of pianos was especially composed to adjust to the recently changing situation concerning the typical structures of concert life. The concept offers a direct connection between technology – here in the form of using a conference programme and a livestream platform – and music itself, as the composer was aware of difficulties that can arise through using an online medium. By examining the mentioned composition, this paper focuses on the aspect of relocating music to a virtual space, using online platforms as potential temporary alternatives to real-life performances and reflection of the streaming culture in general. Connected to all that matters are problems and difficulties during these types of concerts deriving through the existing technological limits.

Author Biography

  • Susanne Göttlich, Institute of Musicology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Susanne Göttlich is a musicology student currently enrolled in the MA-programme at the University of Graz and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. She was working from 2017 to 2019 as student assistant at the Archive of the University of Music and Performing Arts coming also into contact with contemporary music of composers working at the institution. Since 2019 she is a student assistant at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Graz. Her fields of interest encompass different topics beginning with music from the 19 th century onward, for example development of the Lied genre up until today, or postmodern music and its elements of neo-romanticism and neo-tonality, both of which are being further examined in her master thesis that is currently in the making.

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15.12.2020

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No. 5 (2020): Music, Art, and Technology in the Time of Global Crisis

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Performing and Premiering in spite of a Global Crisis: Gerd Kühr’s Corona Meditation and its Usage of Online Platforms. (2020). INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology, 5, 127-137. https://doi.org/10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2020.3.5.127
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