Studio Musikfabrik in Bangkok (2024)©PGVIM
After a long flight, the two Studio Musikfabrik participants Franz Ferdinand August Rieks and Gabriele Mastrototaro arrive at Bangkok airport early in the morning with Peter Veale, the artistic director. The young musicians are about to spend a week (18 – 25.08.24) full of rehearsals, concerts, exchanges and new experiences at the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music. The cooperation between the institute and Studio Musikfabrik has existed for several years now. On Sunday, rehearsals are mainly internal and the weekend atmosphere in the building is calm. The following days are different, however, as the building fills up day by day with more and more students from the Institute and from guest countries. Peter Veale leads most of the rehearsals, gives tips and helps with any questions about the works for the musicians from Studio Musikfabrik, the students from the Lübeck University of Music and the Thai musicians. Some of the works in the international program also offer the musicians first-time and new experiences, such as the collaboration between the flutist Gabriele Mastrototaro from Studio Musikfabrik and the improvisation dancer Mike Hornblow, who met on the day of the concert in the very special concert location GalileOasis – an atmospherically lit room with an exposed wall and free-standing wooden beams in the middle of a plant-covered courtyard:
“I had in particular an immediate nice feeling during the concert at GalileOasis, in which the performer Mike Hornblow and me, were following each other in a music-dance performance on Bettina Skrzypczak music.” (Gabriele, flute)
In addition to pieces that are firmly scheduled in the program, the symposium also offers space for freely improvised pieces. Franz Rieks, pianist and composer from Studio Musikfabrik, and Adrian Theiß (trumpet) from the Lübeck University of Music are working on a joint free improvisation with a modular synthesizer.
The symposium starts on 21.08.24 under the motto “Dreamland – Music: Conflict and Harmony” with lectures, presentations, concerts and workshops. Every evening, all participants will meet for the concerts in the PGVIM event hall. The final concert on Saturday evening will also feature particularly challenging pieces such as “Nochmal” by Franz Rieks.
“The musical week at Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute, during the PGVIM Festival, was an intense mixture of having great connection and inspiration from the wonderful participants and giving our interpretation, through the music we played. .” (Gabriele, flute)
We would like to thank the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music for the overwhelming hospitality and the inspiring time and look forward to further cooperation.