Sound of the Universe

A Project by Planetarium Bochum in cooperation with the Dresdner Sinfoniker. Planetarium Bochum - Europe's most successful planetarium with over 300,000 visitors annually - presents a historic concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of projection planetariums. As initiator and financier of this extraordinary project, Planetarium Bochum connected three continents and merged music with science in real-time across 6,240 km. What do pulsating neutron stars have in common with drum machines? And what would a black hole sound like, if we could hear it? These are the kinds of intriguing questions the Dresdner Sinfoniker and three renowned astronomers explored in Sound of the Universe. The evening was dedicated to the sound of the cosmos and the fascinating history of its exploration, from antiquity to the present day. While the Dresdner Sinfoniker performed live at the Planetarium Bochum, musicians from Manganiyar Ensemble India joined in via live stream. Scientists: Prof. Dr. Susanne Hüttemeister (Director Planetarium Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum) Prof. Aalok Pandya (Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, live from Jantar Mantar Jaipur) Fares el-Gharably (Ruhr University Bochum, live from Bibliotheca Alexandrina) Locations: Planetarium Bochum (Germany) - Main venue Jantar Mantar Observatory Jaipur (India) Planetarium Science Center / Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt) Technical Partners: Dancing Peacocks Motivproduction Greve Studio Special thanks to: The entire team at Planetarium Bochum The Dresden Philharmonic team All participating technicians and crew members A project by Planetarium Bochum in cooperation with the Dresden Philharmonic. #PlanetariumBochum #SoundOfTheUniverse #DresdnerSinfoniker #100YearsPlanetarium