Mozart's MusicLab

In cooperation with the UW/H orchestra (conductor Prof. Ingo Reihl), a multimedia "spatial concert" was developed especially for the new UW/H building. The idea for the "spatial concert" came from the artist duo Frederike Möller (pianist) and Michalis Nicolaides (video artist). They sent the audience on a musical journey through the new campus building at Witten/Herdecke University. Like soloists, the orchestra members played in separate rooms and yet took part in the joint performance via audio and video transmission. Musicians, visitors and architecture are brought into a new mutual exchange with this analogue-digital concert practice.

• Funding: The project was funded by NRW.BANK, Wittener Universitätsgesellschaft and GLS Treuhand - Zukunftsstiftung Mensch und Gesellschaft.

• Curatorial management: Prof Dr Renate Buschmann and Lara Perski

• Concept: Frederike Möller and Michalis Nicolaides

• Pieces of music:
  Charles E. Ives - The Unanswered Question (1906/1935)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C major KV 467 (1785)

• Responsible: Chair of Digital Arts and Cultural Mediation

• Video: A video documentation of the concert is available here: Mozart's MusicLab.

• Publications:
  See Buschmann, R. & Perski, L. (2024). Orchestra in Digital Transformation: Expanding Perceptual Possibilities of Classical Music with a Hybrid Performance Format. Mimesis Journal, 13(2), 319-329.
  https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/mimesis/article/view/10028/9358