On December 7 2014, Onassis Cultural Center will pay homage to German Karlheinz Stockhausen, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

“The father of electronic music and a modernizer of musical notation and thought, Stockhausen left behind a vast and varied body of compositions and theoretical works. Time and its different scales -from the very small or momentary to the eternal or cosmic- are the threads that run through his entire oeuvre. In his compositions, these elements serve to bridge the personal and the collective, creating a singular universe with its own mythology, symbols and rituals,” writes the OCC’s official site on the great visionary of 20th century music.

During the Open Day event dedicated to Stockhausen, visitors will have the chance to acquaint themselves with different aspects of the composer’s work as they work their way through the OCC: from the open spaces, which are largely dedicated to works from the composer’s middle period, to the Upper Stage, where self-standing works from all seven operas in his Licht cycle will be performed, and the specially arranged Main Stage, where they can hear electronic music in its authentic quadraphonic versions.

Contributors:
Concept, arrangement, museological & directorial oversight, realisations, orchestrations, organization: Anargyros Deniozos
Musical director: Andreas Levisianos
Piano/Vocal coaching: Nikos Tsalikis
Video & Lighting: Manos Arvanitakis
Movement oversight: Olga Spyraki
Organizational oversight: Katerina Kentrou
Production organization: Dimitra Dernikou, Hara Mourla