Lecture as part of "naturally – New Music Night 2025" at HfMDK
Why Music in the Midst of the Climate Crisis? How Environmental Protection and Music Influence Each Other

Does it even make sense to create new works of art when the future of our planet is so uncertain? I believe it does, because we can still make a difference, and the challenges of our time can even serve as a new source of inspiration. Music has always been an expression of its time, making audible what is most relevant to humanity.

Using my compositions "Insect Concerto", "Recycling Concerto", and the recently premiered "Tipping Points. Fourteen Ways to Describe Climate Change" with Harald Lesch at the Berlin Philharmonie, I will explain how the threats of insect extinction, pollution, and climate tipping points manifest in my music and how, despite all challenges, art can help us rediscover hope.

9. Symphonic Concerto

Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Recycling Concerto

Robert Schumann
Sinfonie Nr. 1 B-Dur op. 38. 
Frühlingssinfonie

Magdeburg Philharmonic 
Vivi Vassileva, percussion
Svetoslav Borisov, conductor

9. Symphonic Concerto

Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Recycling Concerto

Robert Schumann
Sinfonie Nr. 1 B-Dur op. 38. 
Frühlingssinfonie

Magdeburg Philharmonic 
Vivi Vassileva, percussion
Svetoslav Borisov, conductor

Concert as part of the International Music Festival 'Lípa Musica'

Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2, H. 304

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Rückert-Lieder:
1. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!
2. Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
3. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
4. Um Mitternacht
5. Liebst du um Schönheit

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tomáš Jamník, cello
Bella Adamova, mezzo-soprano
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor

Climate Concert of the Staatsorchesters Braunschweig

Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Recycling Concerto

Vivi Vassileva, Percussion
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, Direction

YOUNG! Recycling Concert
A moderated concert with young members of the Youth Climate Group

Gregor A. Mayrhofer
Recycling Concerto

Vivi Vassileva, Percussion
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, Direction

Composers
World premieres by Tobias PM Schneid, Margareta Ferek-Petric, and Christian Dieck; works by Iris ter Schiphorst, Tomasz Skweres, Georg Haider, and Hans Abrahamsen

Munich Chamber Orchestra
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor

World premiere / Solo recital

Gregor A. Mayrhofer 
Sleepless (WP)
for accordion and live electronics
for Kai Wangler 

Kai Wangler, accordion
Zoro Babel, sound design

Recordings with Ensemble Musikfabrik featuring works by Misha Cvijović for the ensemble's portrait CD.

HIDALGO Festival

At the HIDALGO Festival for young classical music we combine high culture, mainstream and niche. We break down the boundaries between genres and art forms. Together with young top artists, we bring classical music at the highest level to unusual places.

More information about the festival in autumn will be up soon!