Events

In the new full-length programme by composers Catherine Kontz and Henri Växby, the Eunoia Trio explores the connection between language and cultural identity. Particular attention is paid to the composers' own origins: Luxembourg, Sweden and Finland.

The programme «Carte Blanche für Natalia Salinas» unites three contemporary works: Alberto Ginastera's setting of Neruda's poems to music, Erik Oña's exploration of silence as a political expression, and Matías Rosales' spectral sextet, which explores tonal transitions and instrumental virtuosity.

The programme «Carte Blanche für Natalia Salinas» unites three contemporary works: Alberto Ginastera's setting of Neruda's poems to music, Erik Oña's exploration of silence as a political expression, and Matías Rosales' spectral sextet, which explores tonal transitions and instrumental virtuosity.

The piece «PS: and the trees will ask the wind», created in 2020, is inspired by socio-political events and Jan and Aleida Assmann's theory of memory. It deals musically and scenically with the «different manifestations of the radical asymmetry between the imperative to remember and the desire to forget».

«I Dreamt of Fire» is an immersive audiovisual performance by Marie Delprat and Tom Lane. In a bureaucratic world of waiting rooms, it explores the palpable feelings of fear and uncertainty that prevail in today's world through digital simulations and hallucinations.

Children and adolescents present their own mini-series, which they developed and produced during the holiday workshop «Camera rolling! Sound on!». Together with workshop leaders Lea Fröhlicher and Pascal Schärli, the young participants learned what is important when filming, how to create sounds and compose film music.

«Tronco» is a 60-minute work that lies somewhere between composition and improvisation. Precisely notated sections meet open sections that demand new perspectives. An ensemble of mirror-image instrument pairs reinforces the idea of musical self-confrontation and makes the inner dialogue audible in the performance.

In collaboration with «Jimba» (Jam of Improvised Music in Basel), Gare du Nord presents «Come as you are!». The evening is all about improvised music and includes a concert followed by an open jam session. The session consists of several short sets in which anyone who is brave enough to contribute musically is welcome to join in – whether with an instrument or their voice.

A musician and dancer from a distant land, a mysterious weaver and a musical sailor with magical powers experience a story that artfully combines West African and European music, dance, theatre and acrobatics. With ingenuity and flair, the three protagonists search for their place in the world.

A musician and dancer from a distant land, a mysterious weaver and a musical sailor with magical powers experience a story that artfully combines West African and European music, dance, theatre and acrobatics. With ingenuity and flair, the three protagonists search for their place in the world.