ECM - Sound samples
Concert series, Concert
Throughout its run, the exhibition "ECM – A Cultural Archaeology" is accompanied by a concert series featuring renowned performers. Here, you will find audio samples of all the participating musicians and ensembles. ECM artists include Chick Corea, Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, Meredith Monk, and Tomasz Stanko. As part of its New Series, the label publishes works by artists ranging from Perotin and Machaut to contemporary composers such as Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich, and Heiner Goebbels, performed by musicians Gidon Kremer, Kim Kashkashian, Thomas Demenga, András Schiff, the Hilliard Ensemble, and many others.
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"ECM – A Cultural Archaeology": Concert Series
Concert series
The first major exhibition on the legendary Munich-based record label ECM will be accompanied by a concert series featuring renowned performers. MORE
ECM
Exhibition 23.11.12 – 10.02.13
The label ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) was founded in 1969 by Manfred Eicher in Munich in order to record, produce and publish avant-garde music. The exhibition focuses on the expansive cultural landscape in which ECM has worked since 1969. MORE
ECM — A Cultural Archaeology
In the press
Read a selection of the latest press reports, radio features, and reviews of the exhibition. MORE
ECM – A Cultural Archaeology: Roundtable Discussion
discussion
Prior to the exhibition, a roundtable discussion took place that focused in part on the history of the music label ECM. MORE
"ECM – A Cultural Archaeology": Film screenings
Film screening
Over the past four decades, ECM's music has become an important resource for contemporary cinema. Label founder Manfred Eicher has immersed himself into film and collaborated extensively with filmmakers especially Jean-Luc Godard and Theo Angelopoulos. MORE
ECM — A Cultural Archaeology: Essay by Okwui Enwezor
Essay
Essay "Great Big Ears" by Okwui Enwezor, Director und Curator of the exhibition "ECM — A Cultural Archaeology" MORE
ECM — A Cultural Archaeology
Exhibition catalogue
With a foreword by Okwui Enwezor and essays by Diedrich Diederichsen, Okwui Enwezor, Kodwo Eshun, Renée Green, Markus Müller, Wolfgang Sandner, and Jürg Stenzl. MORE
New Sound: Children design their own instruments
In the press, In the press
As part of the exhibition "ECM - A Cultural Archaeology", Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] accompanied children in a workshop. Inspired by the label's music, the young participants designed and constructed their own instruments. MORE