Johann Merrich’s Brevi Storie: The EMS Series

“From Belgrade to Berlin: Episode # 3 Bettina Wackernagel & Heroines Of Sound”

​​Directed by Bettina Wackernagel, Heroines of Sound is notably the most important initiative / festival dedicated to female electronic musicians, from the past and the present. The Festival format is not only a venue for concerts: it’s a music research platform and a network with many partners to empower the works of new talents: thanks to a cooperation with the Belgrade EMS, Heroines of Sound commissioned to Midori Hirano a new piece of music created with the notorious and rare Synthi 100. 

Since 2014, the Berlin based festival has featured more than 260  top women artists from over 28 countries and presented showcases and cooperations with partner festivals and institutions in Poland, France, Denmark, Turkey, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Serbia and Mexiko. Due to  Heroines of Sound partnership a higher quota of female artists in music programs is achieved. Today the festival is esteemed for its pioneering work in presenting electronic music created by woman and has gained international recognition. In this episode, Bettina Wackernagel. will tell us the history and the future of Heroines of Sound.

“From Belgrade to Berlin” series has been created thanks in cooperation with  Heroines of Sound Festival.

Tracklist*:

 

• Pauline Oliveros, extract from A Woman Sees with No Eyes

• Maryanne Amacher, extract from Synaptic Island

• Ruth Anderson, extract from Points

• Laurie Spiegel, extract from Finding Voice

• Beatriz Ferreyra, extract from Médisances

• Annette Vande Gorne, extract form Tao Métal

• Midori Hirano, extract from Forests and Tides (Demo/Sketch Version)

• Midori Hirano, extract from Distant Symphony

• Suzanne Ciani, extract from Paris

• Beatriz Ferreyra, extract from Médisances

• Annea Lockwood, extract from Dusk

• Laurie Spiegel, extract from Appalachian Groove

• Wendy Carlos, extract from The Secrets of Synthesis

• Midori Hirano, extract from Forests and Tides (Demo/Sketch Version)

* [opening & closing theme: Johann Merrich, For Dummies]

More on Heroines of Sound:  https://www.heroines-of-sound.com/editions-2021/

Listen to the full Story: do not miss episodes 1 and 2 about Svetlana Maraš and Midori Hirano.

Read the interview: https://en.electronicmusic-shorthistory.com/post/bettina-wackernagel-heroines-of-sound-festival