ATTACCA – Festival for Contemporary Music

The programme of this evening brings together works by Mirela Ivičević, Alessandro Perini, Julie Michael, Michael Gordon and Michael Beil, combining instrumental performance with electronics, objects and performative elements.

As part of «ATTACCA – Festival für aktuelle Musik» at the FHNW Academy of Music in Basel, students from the fields of audio design, composition, open creation and contemporary music will present their current artistic projects. The programme includes original compositions, performances, improvisations and works by contemporary composers. The concerts will take place over several days in various formats and with different line-ups.

With

Pol Cabrera Plaza (alto saxophone); Mathias Remåd (electric guitar); Yi-Zhen Tsai (drums/performance); Florain Grand (piano); Alexandre Tavares (piano); Yu-Yun Peng (viola/performance); Maksim Barbash (cello); Raphaëlle Proust (performance); Seraina Ramseier (performance)

Program

Mirela Ivičević (*1980): «Dream Work» for alto saxophone, electric guitar, percussion and piano (2018)

Alessandro Perini (*1983): «Epicentro» for piano, ten vibration motors and two contact microphones (2020)

Julie Michael (*1990): «Hopscotch» for prepared viola (2025)

Michael Gordon (*1956): «Industry» for amplified cello and electronics (1992)

Michael Beil (*1963): «Caravan» for four musicians without instruments with live video and tape (2017)

Info

Entrance free.

Duration

70 minutes, no break