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Unfortunately, the event could not take place as planned due to the Corona measures. But it did not remain silent. Instead, there was a dress rehearsal on the forecourt of the Festpielhaus, which was recorded.

In the 1970s, Prohlis, as a newly built district in Dresden, was mainly occupied by young families. The composer Frieder Zimmermann spent his school years here, was in the church congregation and founded his first band in the cellars of the high-rise buildings. He belongs to a generation for whom biographies continued from 1990 onwards in a new country and often in other places. For 4SeitenII6Saiten Zimmermann now returns to the place of his childhood with a very special band. In cooperation with HELLERAU - European Centre for the Arts and the project ZUHAUSE IN PROHLIS, he will develop a participatory composition for electric guitars and amplifiers: a courtyard becomes a concert hall, the 4 blocks of houses become the stage for a guitar orchestra networked live via online scores.

Using minimalist structures and circulations (a musical technique in which each musician plays only one note, which is passed on in a circle), the tonal possibilities of the electric guitar are used in rich contrasts, brute walls of sound are created, followed by delicate tones. A piece of music composed especially for the courtyard between Prohliser Allee, Boxberger Straße and Finsterwalder Straße is reflected off the walls of the buildings, transforming the entire area into an acoustic, musical experience. More than 20 live guitarists and drummer Demian Kappenstein reinforce this effect when they play music across the area, synchronised by computer.

4SeitenII6Saiten also offers special opportunities for interaction and participation even in the creation phase. People with very different musical skills can be part of the guitar orchestra, as the composition offers different levels of difficulty. All are welcome to play and listen - in a project that brings sounds from basements, clubs, amplifiers and rehearsal rooms into the public sphere, between the skyscrapers of Prohlis.