Quantum Mechanics and Avant-Garde Music

Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin is a distinguished composer and a pianist, credited with three operas and over 150 music compositions, including expansive symphonic works. His creations have graced renowned international venues like Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, and Wiener Konzerthaus. With three CDs released in Germany, his experience as a composer and a pianist has provided a unique perspective in the realm of music.Having pursued education in Kazakhstan and postgraduate studies in prominent Italian music institutions, he has mastered advanced composition techniques. Engaging in regular exchanges, masterclasses, and conferences across Europe has fostered personal connections with leading figures in contemporary music, enriching his understanding of the evolving landscape.Delving into the physical aspects, the author has engaged in discussions with established professors and specialists in quantum physics, presenting in scientific seminars. Trips to Germany have provided unique insights into Werner Heisenberg's connection to music, including personal meetings with his children and access to archival material, revealing the profound role of music in Heisenberg's intellectual life.

• Part I: Origins and Development of Avant-Garde Music in Faces.- Prologue.- Correlations in Timeline.- On Some Analogies.- Werner Heisenberg’s Musical Universe; Meeting with Martin Heisenberg.- Werner Heisenberg’s Musical Universe; Meeting with Christine Mann.- Great Scientists—Gifted Musicians.- Origins and Development of Classical Music in Faces.- Origins and Development of Contemporary Music in Faces.- Part II: Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and Aleatoric Technique in Music.- Entropy in the Development of Tonality.- Performance as Experiment.- On Time in Music.- Symbols, Mathematics and Notation.- Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and Aleatoric Technique in Music.- Time Dilation, Synchronicity and Ligeti’s Etudes.- Pauli Exclusion Principle and Schoenberg’s Dodecaphony.- Part III: Shadows of the Void.- Shadows of the Void.- Boolean Algebra, Bits and Qubits in Music.- Basic Operations with a Tone Row.- Tears of Silence.- The Newest Performing Techniques.-  Quantum Entanglement in Physics and Extended Techniques in Music.- Part IV: Epilogue.

"If you are seeking a book to celebrate a century of quantum mechanics, Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin's Quantum Mechanics and AvantGarde Music could be a refreshing answer. ... this charming and intriguing book takes readers through that entrance and beyond.” (Sharon Ann Holgate, TLS The Times Literary Supplement, the-tls.co.uk, May 16, 2025)“This book has been published at the time when the world is celebrating the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics and the 110th anniversary of Einstein's general relativity. So, this is the right time for such a book to be presented to its readers. Indeed, this book is for general readers as well as for experts who want to explore connection between modern physics and specifically Quantum mechanics and music..” (Kanan Purkayastha, Daily Sun, daily-sun.com, January 16, 2025) “This is a fascinating and unique book about the parallel development of, and occasional interactions between, modern physics and contemporary classical music. … this is a thoroughly engrossing book for anyone interested in the cultural and intellectual overlaps between science and music.” (Popular Science, popsciencebooks.blogspot.com, October 21, 2024) “... In dem Buch über die moderne Physik und die Avantgardemusik wird jeder etwas finden, das ihm oder ihr Vergnügen macht und immer neue Einsichten beschert ... Man muss nur richtig zuhӧren, zusehen und zupacken.” (Prof. Dr. Ernst Peter Fischer, in: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, Jg. 78, Heft 2, 2025)