Music for Ruhr

Concert

30.08.

Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

Where electronic and classical music meet

Nils Frahm’s ability to combine classical compositions with modern influences is almost unrivalled. Having grown up with the piano, the composer and producer now uses an entire series of instruments: including the concert grand, the glass harmonica and the harpsichord. He also plays synthesizers, and makes use of loops, echo effects and samples, the audience and his talent for improvisation.

Since 2011 Frahm has consistently been a growing name on the international music scene. As well as numerous solo works, he has engaged in multiple collaborations with other contemporary musicians and also written film scores, and winning an award for Victoria (2015), among others.

As part of his Music for tour, Frahm now visits the Ruhr for the Ruhrtriennale for a concert that mixes old and new in a unique way.

„I just wanted to make music as if it was a pile of leaves. But people usually want to see diamonds. They run around nature for that perfectly drawn, geometric environment. I just enjoy the bunch of leaves.“

Nils Frahm