Events

When does dance become music, and when does music become dance? «Hidden Heartache» explores musical perception and focuses on the origins of movement. From both deaf and hearing compositional and performative perspectives, a space of experience emerges between the concert grand piano, the dancing body, vibration, and gesture — a space in which sound is not only audible but also physically felt.

When does dance become music, and when does music become dance? «Hidden Heartache» explores musical perception and focuses on the origins of movement. From both deaf and hearing compositional and performative perspectives, a space of experience emerges between the concert grand piano, the dancing body, vibration, and gesture — a space in which sound is not only audible but also physically felt.

Geneviève Strosser, well known in Basel as a soloist and professor, returns to the stage of the Gare du Nord. In her programme, she combines the viola and her voice with new works by Georges Aperghis and KP Werani, as well as selected 20th-century masterpieces for solo viola. The poetic starting point is Nancy Hünger’s poem «Für einen schmerzlichen Takt ineinander« («For a painful beat intertwined»), in which language and music intertwine.

The «Nachtstrom» concert series at the FHNW School of Music is once again showcasing a wide variety of electronic music on stage this season. The guest artist is the sound artist and abstract turntablist Maria Chávez, who experiments with fragments of records, unusual playback techniques and chance.

As part of «Sonic Boom», the Percaso String Quartet and Carmel Curiel combine sound, gravity and movement. Four bows suspended from the ceiling, together with the musicians’ instruments and bodies, create a delicate network of interdependencies.

With «Third Space», the Biel-based Ensemble Bruit presents a programme in the spirit of Anthony Braxton’s Creative Music, in which composition, improvisation and interpretation come together on an equal footing. The programme features works by Cathy van Eck and Patricia Bosshard, a superimposition of two compositions by Braxton, and Luc Ferrari’s rarely performed «Tautologos III».

«Hear it Coming» transforms the space itself into an instrument. A speaker system suspended above the audience sets voices, instruments, and sounds in motion, creating an intense, physically immersive listening experience. Somewhere between a concert and a sound installation, the performance explores the relationship between humans, technology, and nature.

«Hear it Coming» transforms the space itself into an instrument. A speaker system suspended above the audience sets voices, instruments, and sounds in motion, creating an intense, physically immersive listening experience. Somewhere between a concert and a sound installation, the performance explores the relationship between humans, technology, and nature.

What was really performed at the Zurich Dada soirées? «DADA-Remix» looks beyond the legend and brings forgotten voices and contradictions to light. New works and rediscovered piano pieces give Dada a fresh, critical and contemporary sound.

As part of the «Ein Haus…» lecture series, the three architects from ETAL are presenting their debut project. The self-managed multi-generational house in Munich combines communal living with a simple timber structure and adaptable floor plans.