ATTACCA – Festival for Contemporary Music

The second concert by the students of the «Zone Expérimentale» ensemble includes works by Alvin Lucier, Christian Mason, Liza Lim, Clara Iannotta, Per Nørgård and Lisa Streich. The musicians cover a broad sound spectrum that includes both microtonal and electroacoustic elements.

As part of «ATTACCA – Festival for Contemporary Music» by the University of Music FHNW Basel – students from the departments of Audio Design, Composition, Open Creation, and Contemporary Music present their current artistic projects. The programme features original compositions, performances, improvisations, and works by contemporary composers. Concerts take place over several days in varying formats and line-ups.

With

Alena Verin-Galitskaya (soprano); Ignat Khlobystin (flute/piccolo/bass flute); Isabelle Meraner (flute); Rebecca Minten (clarinet); Mathias Næsguthe Remåd (guitar); Raphaëlle Proust (piano); Yi-Chen Tsai (percussion); Ioanna Boultadaki (violin); Tirza Bluhm (violin); Theresa Wagner (viola); Maksim Barbash (cello); Clara Dietze (cello)

Program

Alvin Lucier (1931–2021): «In memoriam Jon Higgins» (1983) for A clarinet and slow sweep, pure wave oscillator

Christian Mason (*1984): «Bird learning to fly» (2016) for solo cello

Liza Lim (*1966): «Bioluminescence» (2019) for solo flute

Clara Iannotta (*1983): «A Failed Entertainment» (2013) for string quartet

Per Nørgård (*1932): «Seadrift» (1977–1978) for soprano and ensemble

Prices

Free entry.

Links

→ www.minten.art
→ YouTube Clara Dietze
→ YouTube Isabelle Meraner
→ YouTube Alena Verin-Galitskaya