Cancelled gigs, closed universities, stranded students - how do we keep making music in challenging times? Jennifer Walshe speaks to Andra Darzins, professor of viola at the University of Music and the Performing Arts, about the pros and cons of teaching online; Jana Luksts, a pianist and MA student who is currently stranded in NYC and meditating on what a slow-down might bring to music; and Thomas Schäfer, the director of the Internationales Musikintitut Darmstadt, who had to take the unprecedented decision to cancel this year’s Summer Courses.

More about Andra Darzins here: https://www.andradarzins.com/en/biography

Listen to Jana Luksts performing here: https://www.janaluksts.com/sssssh-piano

Read the IMD’s official statement on the postponement here: https://internationales-musikinstitut.de/en/ferienkurse/ueber/info/

Find out about Campus Gegenwart here: https://campusgegenwart.de/