German composer, performer and instrument designer Werner Durand dives into his personal history of the dual worlds of experiments with eastern traditions versus the western traditions of experiments.
The essay is complemented by his musical contribution „ Soft Turbulences”, played on the Pan-Ney, an instrument of his own design tuned in just Intonation.

Concert series Kontraklang – REMAIIN’s Berlin partner organization – focuses on the film music of composer Teiji Ito for its first activity as part of the project. A lecture performance/film titled “The Cosmic Music of Teiji Ito”, created by Michiko Ogawa and Manuel Pessoa de Lima, can be streamed for free on this website.

German contemporary music journalist Martina Seeber zooms in on the non-Western musical influences in the work of legendary avant-garde composer Giacinto Scelsi and disperses several misconceptions about his life and creative output. The text is accompanied by a musical homage to Scelsi by saxophonist Andre Vida and composer Augustin Maurs.

Despite difficult circumstances around the world in 2020, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Riga, Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs festival was able to organize the first concerts of REMAIIN a its 2020 edition. The event was open to a limited number of listeners and safety measures were observed.