This Sunday (19 September 2021) at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, we are opening the »Decolonial Frequencies« Festival with Sandeep Bhagwati‘s “The Sound Of Misunderstanding – Dhvanivala‘s Sonic Explorations”. * * * In the early 1960s a young Indian student comes to Darmstadt to do a PhD in physics. Cold War era –… Continue reading
Manila Men (Remix): Sonus and Sonic Migration will reprise at the Mindanao State University – Center for Culture and Arts Studies’s webinar series Mulat sa Musika ng Kultura 2: Perspectives of Music in the Philippines. Save the date: 7 May at 3 PM Philippine Time. From MSU’s website: Continuing from… Continue reading
I will be presenting a collaborative lecture-performance at the CTM Festival 2021, in collaboration with (in order of appearance): Lonneke van Heugten, Pepe Dayaw, Ariel Orah, Ram de Jesus, Jean Barcena, Julien Enzanza, Hyeisoo Kim, Thijs van den Geest, Taïca Replansky, Daphne Brunet Abstract: The arrival of modernity is often hailed in… Continue reading
Happy New Year! 2020 may have brought to us some surprises–good and bad, I hope it also allowed you some moments of pause and reflection amidst our collective social distancing. I hope that 2021 holds some promises of possibilities of meeting face to face again! In the meantime, while the theatres… Continue reading
The Royal Society for Music History of The Netherlands invites everyone to join their Musicological Expo on 12 December 2020. I will be speaking in the first panel with the topic: When did the Manila musicians become Filipinos? And when did Post-migration become Post? Session 1 (11:00-13:00 CET): Music and… Continue reading