SIXTY YEARS IN THE GROOVE

SIXTY YEARS IN THE GROOVE

5th subscription concert
Thursday, May 26, 2022, 7:00 PM
City Casino Basel
Aregnaz Martirosyan (*1993)

New work for orchestra (2022)
Commissioned by the Basel Sinfonietta

Alsu Nigmatullina (*1989)

New work for orchestra (2022)
Commissioned by the Basel Sinfonietta

Dieter Ammann (*1962)

Unbalanced instability for violin and chamber orchestra (2013)
Core for orchestra (2002)
Turn for orchestra (2010)
Boost for orchestra (2002)

Baldur Brönnimann, Head of Department
Simone Zgraggen, violin

Dieter Ammann's art is reminiscent of a mountaineer in search of extremes. From the meticulous, nightly process of notating music with pencil and eraser to the tempestuous performance of his works in the concert hall – his path is a great adventure. His works – complex scores with a rich inner life – practically burst with pulsating energy and sonic imagination, conveying a truly physical listening experience, very rare in contemporary music.

To mark his 60th birthday, the Basel Sinfonietta honors this Swiss composer with a concert evening dedicated to his meticulously notated music, which moves in a field of tension between the highest differentiation and raw vitality.

In addition, Dieter Ammann's importance as a composition teacher is honored with the world premieres of two orchestral pieces by his students Aregnaz Martorsyan and Alsu Nigmatullina.

Talk with Dieter Ammann and pre-concert at 6 p.m.: with students of the FHNW University of Music

In cooperation with the FHNW Academy of Music / Basel Academy of Music

World premiere.
Program subject to change.

Program booklet

 

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Photo: Xavier Malafosse

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