KOMED 4 - Konzertmeditation

In the organizer's words:

ConcertMeditation
KOMED 4

Composing Voices
Michael Gees Curation, moderation and piano

The Composing Voices form an artistic collective for the collaborative invention of music. We started over ten years ago at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. Every Monday, Room 312 became a laboratory for a creative dialog that continues to shape and flourish to this day. Our music is always new - because it arises from an openness to the future, for which, incidentally, artificial intelligence is too stupid. There are no notes, no agreements. Every voice, every acoustic event is valid, nothing is wrong. We encourage our audience to participate as equals, in the concert hall and in all other areas of life.

KOMED is a format for the collaborative spontaneous discovery of contemporary music. In the text, in the noise, in the moment, we listen to sounds, put them under the magnifying glass of attention (meditation) and form connections.

For the duration of an hour or so, we undertake to do something together, to remain in relationship and to allow ourselves to be guided by the idea we have recognized together. Every acoustic event counts and contributes to the whole. The unexpected can occur at any time and challenge us to integrate. Ideally, and not so rarely, we discover music that none of us would have thought of on our own. Those present increasingly experience themselves and each other as participants: Without them and their intentional listening, nothing would have been heard. For who would want to bear witness to the present if not those who are present?

"Meet the Artists" after each concert.