Concerts

Steve Reich's Tehillim combines Hebrew text with pulsating rhythms. An ensemble from the music school links in with this music, playing minimalist pieces.

When night falls, fear is there. Ahri immediately thinks of an infinite number of things that scare her: Big monsters. Little spiders. Fights in the playground. News of war and violence... Life gets harder and harder, and the fear gets greater and greater. She won't let her out of her sight. It can't stay like this, Ahri thinks. We've got to get to the bottom of this! She takes her courage in both hands and addresses her fear. And looks her in the eye. Could it be that fear itself is frightening? That maybe it doesn't want to be so big, but just wants to be held? In the play created by Mirjam Schmuck and Anna Korsun, the little girl and her fear go through life together with ever-greater confidence, learning to get along with each other and making many unexpected discoveries in the process.

When night falls, fear is there. Ahri immediately thinks of an infinite number of things that scare her: Big monsters. Little spiders. Fights in the playground. News of war and violence... Life gets harder and harder, and the fear gets greater and greater. She won't let her out of her sight. It can't stay like this, Ahri thinks. We've got to get to the bottom of this! She takes her courage in both hands and addresses her fear. And looks her in the eye. Could it be that fear itself is frightening? That maybe it doesn't want to be so big, but just wants to be held? In the play created by Mirjam Schmuck and Anna Korsun, the little girl and her fear go through life together with ever-greater confidence, learning to get along with each other and making many unexpected discoveries in the process.

Erdenmarsch, the march of the earth: what does it mean?
Is it the earth that marches? Is humanity itself on the march? In Mahler's work, it's the earth that begins to sing the song of earthly existence. Here, we are not singing, but marching, all together, towards... The four "columns" of three performers march to the rhythm of the peremptory, inexorable chimes of an enormous drum placed in the center. An arithmetical order is followed without escape, but there is a way out for these "soldier-percussionists": anarchic chaos!
Fabio Nieder

The composer, Niel van der Watt, born Gerhardus Daniel van der Watt in 1962, is a teacher and composer, well known for his choral works. He has also established himself as one of South Africa's leading contemporary chamber music composers. Niel van der Watt's compositions are strongly influenced by Johann Sebastian Bach, for whom he has immense respect, but also by Fauré, jazz, rock and traditional African music.

The composer, Niel van der Watt, born Gerhardus Daniel van der Watt in 1962, is a teacher and composer, well known for his choral works. He has also established himself as one of South Africa's leading contemporary chamber music composers. Niel van der Watt's compositions are strongly influenced by Johann Sebastian Bach, for whom he has immense respect, but also by Fauré, jazz, rock and traditional African music.

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States of matter takes the aggregated states of water as a starting point and source of inspiration for a contemporary musical program that integrates seamlessly with performance and multimedia. Artists Francesco Marzano and Juliette Serrié have examined ephemerality, fluidity, liminality and hybridity in their musical performances, tracing the multiple properties of this solid, liquid or gaseous element. They play with the tension between artistic contemplation on the beauty of water and the real threats it represents, for example in the context of climate change, and which affect us as a collective destiny.

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When night falls, fear is there. Ahri immediately thinks of an infinite number of things that scare her: Big monsters. Little spiders. Fights in the playground. News of war and violence... Life gets harder and harder, and the fear gets greater and greater. She won't let her out of her sight. It can't stay like this, Ahri thinks. We've got to get to the bottom of this! She takes her courage in both hands and addresses her fear. And looks her in the eye. Could it be that fear itself is frightening? That maybe it doesn't want to be so big, but just wants to be held? In the play created by Mirjam Schmuck and Anna Korsun, the little girl and her fear go through life together with ever-greater confidence, learning to get along with each other and making many unexpected discoveries in the process.

When night falls, fear is there. Ahri immediately thinks of an infinite number of things that scare her: Big monsters. Little spiders. Fights in the playground. News of war and violence... Life gets harder and harder, and the fear gets greater and greater. She won't let her out of her sight. It can't stay like this, Ahri thinks. We've got to get to the bottom of this! She takes her courage in both hands and addresses her fear. And looks her in the eye. Could it be that fear itself is frightening? That maybe it doesn't want to be so big, but just wants to be held? In the play created by Mirjam Schmuck and Anna Korsun, the little girl and her fear go through life together with ever-greater confidence, learning to get along with each other and making many unexpected discoveries in the process.

When night falls, fear is there. Ahri immediately thinks of an infinite number of things that scare her: Big monsters. Little spiders. Fights in the playground. News of war and violence... Life gets harder and harder, and the fear gets greater and greater. She won't let her out of her sight. It can't stay like this, Ahri thinks. We've got to get to the bottom of this! She takes her courage in both hands and addresses her fear. And looks her in the eye. Could it be that fear itself is frightening? That maybe it doesn't want to be so big, but just wants to be held? In the play created by Mirjam Schmuck and Anna Korsun, the little girl and her fear go through life together with ever-greater confidence, learning to get along with each other and making many unexpected discoveries in the process.

The waltraud900 artists' collective (Bianca Künzel, Phaedra Pisimisi, Ria Papadopoulou, Dorle Trachternach) is working with young performers on a transcription of the tragedy "Iphigénie à Aulis", in which King Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigénie to bring thousands of ships and warriors to Troy.

She doesn't resist, but rejoices in her own death. Is she a heroine? What sacrifices are the daughters of the future willing to make, and what sacrifices will they no longer be willing to make? The character of Iphigénie becomes the representative of a young generation looking fearlessly to the future.

The waltraud900 artists' collective (Bianca Künzel, Phaedra Pisimisi, Ria Papadopoulou, Dorle Trachternach) is working with young performers on a transcription of the tragedy "Iphigénie à Aulis", in which King Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigénie to bring thousands of ships and warriors to Troy.

She doesn't resist, but rejoices in her own death. Is she a heroine? What sacrifices are the daughters of the future willing to make, and what sacrifices will they no longer be willing to make? The character of Iphigénie becomes the representative of a young generation looking fearlessly to the future.

The waltraud900 artists' collective (Bianca Künzel, Phaedra Pisimisi, Ria Papadopoulou, Dorle Trachternach) is working with young performers on a transcription of the tragedy "Iphigénie à Aulis", in which King Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigénie to bring thousands of ships and warriors to Troy.

She doesn't resist, but rejoices in her own death. Is she a heroine? What sacrifices are the daughters of the future willing to make, and what sacrifices will they no longer be willing to make? The character of Iphigénie becomes the representative of a young generation looking fearlessly to the future.

The waltraud900 artists' collective (Bianca Künzel, Phaedra Pisimisi, Ria Papadopoulou, Dorle Trachternach) is working with young performers on a transcription of the tragedy "Iphigénie à Aulis", in which King Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigénie to bring thousands of ships and warriors to Troy.

She doesn't resist, but rejoices in her own death. Is she a heroine? What sacrifices are the daughters of the future willing to make, and what sacrifices will they no longer be willing to make? The character of Iphigénie becomes the representative of a young generation looking fearlessly to the future.

The waltraud900 artists' collective (Bianca Künzel, Phaedra Pisimisi, Ria Papadopoulou, Dorle Trachternach) is working with young performers on a transcription of the tragedy "Iphigénie à Aulis", in which King Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigénie to bring thousands of ships and warriors to Troy.

She doesn't resist, but rejoices in her own death. Is she a heroine? What sacrifices are the daughters of the future willing to make, and what sacrifices will they no longer be willing to make? The character of Iphigénie becomes the representative of a young generation looking fearlessly to the future.

"Molecules of living truth" is a percussion recital on the theme of the five elements. In Chinese tradition, these elements are represented by wood, water, metal, earth and fire. Each piece in the recital represents an element, and one of them includes dancers. A poem is recited between each piece, marking the link between the elements and the music. The entire recital is available on Youtube.