Rebirth of a legendary studio
WDR's legendary studio for electronic music is being put back into operation: The city of Cologne and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia have given the green light for a music center that also integrates a center for early music.
The future Studio for Electronic Music is to fulfill three main tasks: creative and excellent artistic production, teaching and mediation as well as scientific research. Accordingly, scholarship and residency programs, cooperation with the music and media universities of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and opening up to the interested public are planned for the studio.
The space available at the center includes a rehearsal and concert hall for 150 people, a rehearsal and concert hall of 265 square meters for 130 people, a small rehearsal hall, foyers, offices, a coworking space for six people, guest rooms, practice rooms, storage rooms and the Studio for Electronic Music (SEM) including storage, workshop and staff rooms of 260 square meters.
WDR's Studio for Electronic Music, which opened in 1953, was initially headed by Herbert Eimert. His successor as artistic director of the studio was Karlheinz Stockhausen in 1963.
