Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen

In the 1970s, the Finn Esa-Pekka Salonen was a co-founder and leading light of the "ears open" society, an association of young composers opposed to the established concert industry and its conservative programming policies. A dyed-in-the-wool hardliner until 1983, Salonen stepped in at short notice to conduct London's Philharmonia Orchestra and literally overnight became the great hope of the international music industry.

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Final concert

Final concert

A festival that illuminates the history of and current trends in electroacoustic music cannot end without a Stockhausen concert.

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  • ACHT BRÜCKEN Lunch – appetizers for free

    ACHT BRÜCKEN Lunch – appetizers for free

    Enjoy festival concert rehearsals free of charge as part of the ACHT BRÜCKEN Lunch series: half-hour concerts, rehearsals and short films offer a glimpse of the huge variety of music on offer. All ACHT BRÜCKEN Lunch events start at 12:30 pm.

  • ACHT BRÜCKEN Lounge – Final party – global.dance.kulture

    ACHT BRÜCKEN Lounge – Final party – global.dance.kulture

    The last night calls for another massive party – till very late.

  • Schreibschule

    Schreibschule

    Im Rahmen der ACHT BRÜCKEN Schreibschule wird Studierenden die Möglichkeit geboten, Grundlagen des journalistischen Schreibens über zeitgenössische Musik zu erwerben. Die Ergebnisse sind im ACHT BRÜCKEN-Blog nachzulesen.

  • Elektroakustischer Salon

    Elektroakustischer Salon

    Journalist and radio presenter Björn Gottstein is a recognised expert in the history of electronic music and has conceived a multifaceted programme for his electroacoustic salon.

The Festival 2013

Electronic music of today and yesterday is the theme of this year's EIGHT BRIDGES | Music for Cologne. One of the programme highlights is the outstanding work of Iannis Xenakis, the Greek-French composer whose mathematical compositional process profoundly influenced the development of electronic music.

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