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From ego-system

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What happens when we are not in control—of nature, other people, art or our instrument?

Instead, we are entering into a resonant exchange, with music as a catalyst, sensing the richness. Composting is richness through heterogeneity.

Soil is a metaphor for kinship and compassion. We all stand and lie on the same soil and are connected through it, whether we are happy, fulfilled and protected, or in crisis, or even threatened by violence. I am, indeed, a meshwork myself – I am many; I am a composite of microorganisms.

Soil Music is …

Silke Schmid

Professor of Music Didactics and currently Head of the Institute of Music at the University of Education Freiburg, she enjoys addressing pressing issues of social development—preferably where education, creativity, and future awareness intersect. She is particularly fascinated by music as a resource for regeneration and imagination. www.musik-klima.de

Andreas Doerne

Worked as a film composer while studying music, co-founder of Daniel Barenboim’s music kindergarten at the Staatskapelle Berlin. Developed an innovative model for a music learning center. Intensively involved in measures to combat the climate crisis: permaculture, regenerative agriculture, soil microbiology. Graduate of Dr. E. Ingham’s Soil Food Web School.

Ralf Schmid

Internationally active pianist, composer, and artivist. Writes and conducts innovative and colorful music for large ensembles: big bands, orchestras, choirs. In his solo set PYANOOK, he makes two concert grand pianos fly with data gloves. Professor at the University of Music in Freiburg. Cultivates musical microbes in his own sourdough. www.ralfschmid.de

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