Darmstadt at 80 Festival
Kari Watson FUSE (2026)
Natasha Barrett TOXIC COLOUR (2025)
Part of a three day mini-festival celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt’s groundbreaking Summer Course for New Music—the global meeting point for postwar experimentation, exchange, and creative risk.
Organized by Nick Hallett and Zach Layton, curators of NYC’s Darmstadt: Classics of the Avant-Garde, together with Thomas Schäfer, director of the IMD, and George Lewis, Artistic Director of the International Contemporary Ensemble, the festival bridges generations of experimental sound. Envisioned in partnership with a consortium including Roulette Intermedium, The New School, Fridman Gallery, the International Contemporary Ensemble, Ramapo College, and the Goethe Institut.