Classical concerts featuring

Elias Brown

Wie frei ist die Kunst?

The Ensemble Modern dedicates its concert series "How free is art?" to the topic of artistic freedom and its limits through music and discussions. In the series' final installment, "How free are composers?", composer Brigitta Muntendorf and Unai Urkola Etxabe discuss with Leonie Reineke the extent to which artists can incorporate personal beliefs, political stances, or influences from other cultures into their work. Hilda Paredes' "Forbidden games" (2019) deals with children detained without their parents in prisons on the US-Mexico border. Carmine-Emanuele Cella's "La mémoire de l'eau" (2014) addresses the fragility of water and our planet. Liza Lim's "The heart’s ear" (1997) takes a melody from Islamic Sufi music as its starting point.