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24.10.2025

“To Be a Musician Is to Desire a Piece of Music” • VAN Magazine

Last week at the Philharmonie in Berlin, the ensemble Pygmalion under conductor Raphaël Pichon performed a concert of sacred music from during and after the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648). It was a brutally destructive conflict that by some estimates decimated the German population by half. And though religious tensions were among the causes for the […]

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24.10.2025

The Rhizome • VAN Magazine

Every piece of music has a political context, including the person or institution commissioning the work, the space in which the music is performed, the funding mechanisms and the audience’s social background. In the 20th century, complex contemporary music was generally associated with democracy, because it represented a form of individual expression that was unacceptable […]

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24.10.2025

Gap Trap Laugh, Part II • VAN Magazine

PART II VI.Shimmering Ontology / (Laugh) Struck by the apparition, she burst out laughing. The laughter of childbirth.—Hélène Cixous and Jacques Derrida, Veils To continue reading, subscribe now. Subscribe from $4.99/month! Unlimited access to ourweekly issues and archives. Already have an account? Login here

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