In the podcast, Creative Chair Dieter Ammann talks to Ulrike Thiele about how Swiss music is perceived internationally, why improvising as a boy had such a decisive influence on him, and why revivals of his compositions mean more to him than world premieres.
Why is it so difficult to ‘transplant’ four bars into another composition? Why does he still regard musical notation as a detour? What is the new book on Dieter Ammann’s music, *Der Klang ist die Geschichte* (Sound is History), about? Why is music like a long letter to him? And why are children so open to contemporary music? Find out in the latest episode of our podcast *Intro*.
00:00 Cheese, chocolate, Swiss music
03:30 Escaping precariousness
04:45 Music and politics?
06:20 Triptych: Core – Turn – Boost
09:10 Enquiry from Pierre Boulez
11:10 Organic Forms
13:00 ‘glut’ and the pull effect
14:50 The magic of repeat performances
15:55 Opus Klassik: Small versus big
17:20 Book launch to mark the start of the season
19:05 A quick mind, but a slow writer
22:15 What music for young ears?
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