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«Extremes» is the motto of this year’s rainy days.
Many things can be considered and regarded as extreme – and art has always been a playground and test tube for all kinds of exaggerations, a place to push boundaries. In the second edition of the festival, curated by the Luxembourg composer Catherine Kontz, a wide range of extremes will converge, forming new relationships. Modern classics from such composers as John Cage, Morton Feldman or even Erik Satie will stand alongside brand new works. How extreme will our experience be today to music that caused scandals decades ago? The full Luxembourg Philharmonic with soloists on the one hand, and the invisible interpreter in a new piano concerto without pianist by Liam Dougherty on the other, mark extremes just as much as do 17 electric guitars or a single harp. And the age and career spectrum of the participants also holds extremes with names such as those of the old masters of the Arditti Quartet stand next to the participants in the composition workshop for children.Festival Details
- Dates 20-24.11.2024
A bit lost? Let us guide you!
We've organised the many events of the festival into different themes to help you find which suit you best.
With the support of
Full Programme
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Sat 15:00
Music of Extremes
Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Wed 19:15
Zashiki Warashi
Let it rain – festival openingThéâtre des Capucins, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Wed 19:30
Conférence introductive sur le théâtre Nô
Le Nô japonais – un théâtre musical extrêmeThéâtre des Capucins, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Wed 20:00
Nô en français adapté de la tragédie Médée de Sénèque
Spectacle extraordinaire et interculturelThéâtre des Capucins, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Wed 21:15
Zashiki Warashi
Let it rain – festival openingThéâtre des Capucins, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Thu 10:00
Extreme Nature
Go on a nature trail inside the Philharmonie and eavesdrop on the natural worldGrand Foyer
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Thu 10:00
Longplayer
A listening post for this 1000-year long compositionGrand Foyer
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Thu 10:00
hahaha
Test your ability to stay serious!Grand Foyer
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Thu 11:00
12Hours
A marathon piece for voice and electronicsEspace Découverte
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Thu 18:30
Broken /Glued (In Darkness Let Me Dwell)
The augmented string quartetSalle de Musique de Chambre
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Thu 19:40
Action Music
Grand Foyer
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Thu 20:00
As we Breathe
Two Concertos – Two Physical ExtremesGrand AuditoriumArtist talk
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Thu 21:30
The Sheer Frost Orchestra – 30th anniversary
Performance with 17 electric guitarsGrand Foyer
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Fri 11:30
hahaha
Test your ability to stay serious!Grand Foyer
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Fri 11:30
Longplayer
A listening post for this 1000-year long compositionGrand Foyer
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Fri 11:30
Extreme Nature
Go on a nature trail inside the Philharmonie and eavesdrop on the natural worldGrand Foyer
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Fri 12:15
Luxembourg Composition Academy Final Concert
Salle de Musique de Chambre
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Fri 17:00
The Waste Orchestra by Rubbish Music
Rotondes, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Fri 19:00
In C // 20 sonneurs
Experience the iconic work with the sound of twenty (bag-)pipersRotondes, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Fri 21:00
Extreme Harp
Rotondes, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Fri 22:00
Sensu
experimental multi-channel chill-out setRotondes, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Sat 08:00
Vexations
Satie’s epic provocation, 130 years onGrand Foyer
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Sat 09:00
In Annea Lockwood’s Piano Garden
Radical performance, come rain or shineExterner Veranstaltungsraum
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Sat 10:00
From beyond
2 pianosGrand Auditorium
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Sat 10:00
Inside-Out Piano
Grand pianos with vertical strings – you have to see it to believe it!Grand Foyer
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Sat 10:00
Extreme Nature
Go on a nature trail inside the Philharmonie and eavesdrop on the natural worldGrand Foyer
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Sat 10:00
Longplayer
A listening post for this 1000-year long compositionGrand Foyer
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Sat 10:00
hahaha
Test your ability to stay serious!Grand Foyer
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Sat 11:15
Insect Hotel
Zoom on language and the fast-disappearing world of insectsSalle de Musique de Chambre
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Sat 12:30
For Philip Guston
Come and go as you wish, but quietly pleaseSalon PhilaPhil
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Sat 13:00
Winter Music
4 pianosGrand Auditorium
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Sat 14:00
Into the quiet
focus on the listening experienceEspace Découverte
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Sat 15:15
Loud, Line, Log
6 pianosGrand Auditorium
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Sat 16:45
24 Hands
6 pianosGrand Auditorium
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Sat 18:00
Wandelweiser vs New Complexity
Extreme approaches to music and notationSalle de Musique de Chambre
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Sat 19:00
The House Dance
…quite unlike any concert settingSalon PhilaPhil
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Sat 19:30
Scenes from Urban Life
Spotlight on Victor Fenigstein and Dziga VertovEspace Découverte
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Sat 21:30
Piano concerto
With and without a pianistGrand Auditorium
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Sat 22:45
Okkyung Lee and Explore Ensemble
Salle de Musique de Chambre
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Sun 00:00
The Magnetic Resonator Piano
Electro-magnetically Augmented Acoustic PianoGrand Auditorium
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Sun 10:00
Inside-Out Piano
Grand pianos with vertical strings – you have to see it to believe it!Grand Foyer
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Sun 10:00
Coffee with Composers
A chance to meet, mingle and discussGrand Foyer
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Sun 10:00
Extreme Nature
Go on a nature trail inside the Philharmonie and eavesdrop on the natural worldGrand Foyer
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Sun 10:00
hahaha
Test your ability to stay serious!Grand Foyer
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Sun 10:00
Longplayer
A listening post for this 1000-year long compositionGrand Foyer
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Sun 11:00
Radigue’s Occam XXV
Wake up slowly with the Philharmonie’s mighty organGrand Auditorium
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Sun 12:30
Antipodes
Kollektiv Unruhe X Ensemble OrbisEspace Découverte
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Sun 13:30
Musiques d'ameublement
Above all, do not listen!Grand Foyer
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Sun 14:30
Music of Extremes
Espace Découverte
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Sun 15:30
Densities
ImprovisationsSalle de Musique de Chambre
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Sun 16:00
The House Dance
…quite unlike any concert settingSalon PhilaPhil
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Sun 16:30
All Aglow
Multimedia concert exploring bioluminescence in coastal sea watersEspace Découverte
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Sun 17:40
Wait for it…
Join a grounding and playful performance, from meditative breathing to exuberant laughterGrand Foyer
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Sun 18:00
Portrait Johny Fritz
Celebration of a life in musicSalle de Musique de Chambre
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Sun 19:30
ONCEIM
An orchestra like no otherGrand Auditorium
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Sun 21:00
Mondrianophonie
Graphic scores take centre stageGrand Foyer
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Sun 21:30
Ryoji Ikeda – ultratronics [live set]
Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist with an audiovisual performanceGrand Auditorium
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Sun 22:30
Closing Party with DJ Sensu
rainy days discoGrand Foyer
Throwback to rainy days 2024
The 2024 rainy days festival explored extremes in all their forms, pushing the boundaries of sound and music. The extra short, long, loud, soft, relaxing, intense... From a one-breath composition to a 12-hour performance, with about 50 events in five days, this edition offered some of the most daring, radical, and surprising experiences yet.
