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Closing: Ballet Mécanique

Introduction and closing concert with Winfried Ritsch

20/05/24Monday, 18:00Duration 2hLehár Theater Bad IschlKreuzplatz 16, 4820 Bad Ischl
Free entryRegistration at anmeldung@salzkammergut-2024.at
Ballet Mécanique
© N. Lackner

Description

The Salzkammergut was a melting pot of the avant-garde in the 19th and 20th centuries. The performance and exhibition of the "Ballet Mécanique" tie in with this tradition and at the same time offer a Salzkammergut version of the visionary masterpiece of classical modernism.

Introduction and closing concert with Winfried Ritsch 
  • “Velocity Study” by Anton Stuk (Ukraine)
  • “Contrapoint Study” by Bernabei Michele (Italy)
  • “random, delays, transposition for 3 Pianoplayer” by Pinera Diego (Mexico)
  • “minimalistic piece for 3 Pianoplayer + 3 Xylophones and others” by Cho Younje (South Korea)
  • “timbre approximation” 1..3 Piano Player by Alisa Kobzar (Ukraine)
  • a phonola Study by Elisabeth Harnik (Austria)
  • “Fractal Study with ensemble mècanique” by Luka Kozlovacki (Sweden)
  • “Evolution Impro” by Winfried Ritsch (Austria)
     

In 2019, visual artist Peter Kogler and curator Katrin Bucher-Trantow initiated a reinterpretation of the legendary Ballet Mécanique by American composer George Antheil for Kogler’s exhibition “Connected” at Kunsthaus Graz. The Graz composer Winfried Ritsch subsequently realised this music machine.

More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at

Programlines
Macht und Tradition, Kultur im Fluss

Event info

Where
Lehár Theater Bad Ischl
Kreuzplatz 16, 4820 Bad Ischl
Languages
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