Playtime: Trafic Composition novelties

In these three concerts the students of the Master in Composition / Creative Practice will present their artistic work of the past months. As we see how their languages are developing, we will also witness how artistic and stilistic plurality is part of this endeavor and how it represents a trademark of the HKB. The students not only rehearse and finalise their own pieces, they are also active as performers, technical assistants and coaches of each other’s projects. We will see different personalities and visions on contemporary creation that start from music and sound in the centre and extend, just like Trafic (thereby quoting Jacques Tati’s film and its poetic spirit). It’s three evenings full of Trafic with many turns, jams and diversions.

This collection of 22 works in three evenings traverses a wide array of musical expressions from purely acoustic – including sewing machines, tuning forks and cowbells – to immersive electroacoustic, visual and interactive experiences and we even meet the legendary Hutätä, a mythical Swiss character who abducts misbehaving children…

Line-up

Hortense Airault, Richard Ander-Donath, Bridget Bourne, Celia Denore, Samuele Donegani, Mira Hirtler, Aya Metwaly Gad, Natsumi Kumagishi, Jonas Lachat, Mireia Pellisa Martín, Ilona Perger, Théo Rossier, Elena Stalnaker, Simon Stoppiello, Fernando Strasnoy, Viviane Urio, Matteo Emanuele Vacca, Manuel Valverde, Oscar Vaurs, Jorge Villoslada, Alice Hoi Ching Yeung, Philolaos Kougias, Leah Mullen

Accompanied by:

Franziska Baumann, Teresa Carrasco, Leopold Dick, Irene Galindo Quero, Angela KoerferBürger, Gilbert Nouno, Simon Steen-Andersen, Cathy van Eck

Curatorial support:

Simon Steen-Andersen, Angela Koerfer-Bürger

Technical assistance:

Arthur Holliger, Samuel Gfeller, Beat Müller

Organisation:

Luz González, Nemanja Radivojević