Q&A by Artists

Villemin: How do you see the future of classical and experimental music concerts and festivals?

In spite of all the negative phenomena and excesses that can be lamented at all levels these days, we nevertheless feel a certain self-assurance through the musical freedom that has been given to us and that we have happily embraced. We by no means take this increased self-assurance for granted. These feelings and thoughts are of course connected with the knowledge of the democratisation of the means of production. The success of electronic instruments also accelerated this process. Of course, just as in other fields, this new freedom also meant for us an increased sense of responsibility with healthy demands on the quality of handmade music.

We think that it was lucky that the music industry was one of the first to be confronted with the rapidly advancing technological development. For a long time, everyone was looking for a way out. Until finally a new generation with almost inexhaustible individual creativity and versatility redefined the rules. Maybe we’re glorifying it a little out of self-interest but you’ll forgive us. With our releases and concert formats, we are trying to enrich, support, and promote the successful trend of traditional acoustic instruments like the cello and the piano enhanced with subtle electronic elements, because there are still innumerable treasures to be unearthed here until every aspiring artist has made their personal statement. Whoever wants to work with contemporary music on classically associated instruments today, to whatever degree, can do it independently, do it… do it…