Events

Fritz Hauser and Leonie Klein are no ordinary percussion duo. They tread musical paths that go far beyond this. In their current programme «Doppeltrommel» new worlds of sound are created on just two drums. A sound adventure for all free spirits who go through the world with open ears.

Fritz Hauser and Leonie Klein are no ordinary percussion duo. They tread musical paths that go far beyond this. In their current programme «Doppeltrommel» new worlds of sound are created on just two drums. A sound adventure for all free spirits who go through the world with open ears.

«Die Insel» is inspired by the lost opera «Rinaldo und Alcina» by Maria Theresia von Paradis. Based on the surviving libretto, [in]operabilities creates a multi-sensory new composition of the opera. On the "Island of Joy", an emotional testing ground for encounters and touch, four characters and their different styles of perception come together.

The Sonus Brass Ensemble tells the classic fairy tale «Hänsel und Gretel» in a charming and empathetic way, without leaving out the oppressive moments. The blind storyteller George Nussbaumer impresses with his ability to masterfully create moods and dynamics and to transport the audience into a gripping fairytale world.

The Sonus Brass Ensemble tells the classic fairy tale «Hänsel und Gretel» in a charming and empathetic way, without leaving out the oppressive moments. The blind storyteller George Nussbaumer impresses with his ability to masterfully create moods and dynamics and to transport the audience into a gripping fairytale world.

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How do I get more gigs? Why am I not getting booked? What is an appropriate fee for my project? How do I get the addresses of event organisers? Why are a good bio and a good photo important for this? This workshop will show you how the concert market works and how you can hopefully get more concerts.

Every Friday, «duoplus» with Peter Schärli and Sylwia Zytynska invites a guest to a 45-minute concert. This is followed by an aperitif with informal conversation in the Bar du Nord. In January, the Berlin saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Silke Eberhard will be our guest.

The trio Greifer and Michael Büttler present new works for zither and trombone. In addition to four commissioned works, arrangements from Stockhausen's «Tierkreis» will be performed, and they will move the instruments out of their shadowy existence and into the centre of the contemporary music stage.

FOG presents an evening characterised by new electronic music: «Ante Bellum» by Jules Hildebrand aka Ostrov uses minimalist electronic music to address the failure of communication. In «AIR», Roberto Maqueda combines electronic and acoustic elements to create analogue drum machines. Finally, sound and media artist Denim Szram will perform a DJ set.

The radical poetic power of her language makes the rediscovered Basel author Adelheid Duvanel one of the most important voices in 20th century Swiss literature. Her miniatures are like delicacies and the decision as to which one to savour next is always a complex one.