Alvin Lucier »Adagio for Strings« (2021)

Since the mid-1960s, Alvin Lucier has produced a number of important compositions that have had a lasting impact on the culture of experimental music and sound art. On the occasion of his 90th birthday, the ZKM is playing him a very special serenade: In honor of the sound artist and 2020 Giga-Hertz Prize winner, a new work by Lucier will premiere on ZKM's audiovisual livestream on May 14, 2021.

The piece was produced at ZKM in April 2021 with instrumentalists from the Ever Present Orchestra, which is dedicated to performing the music of Alvin Lucier. The ZKM is also involved in the processing of 90 artists' contributions as part of the Issue Project Room event in New York in honor of Lucier's birthday.