Dialog

The Israeli guitarist Yaron Deutsch offers us an evening with music by Andreas Dohmen and Clara Iannotta. The concert will be followed by a talk with the artist, moderated by saxophonist Marcus Weiss.

Yaron Deutsch (Tel Aviv, *1978) is an electric guitarist mainly known for his work in the field of contemporary (classical) music. He is the founder and artistic director of the chamber quartet Nikel and a frequent guest in Europe’s finest groups and orchestras dedicated to contemporary music. Most often he plays with the acclaimed Klangforum Wien & MusikFabrik ensembles.

As a soloist he performed with the Israeli Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI (Turin), SWR Symphonieorchester & the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; playing under conductors Sylvain Camberling, Titus Engel, Peter Eötvös, Zubin Mehta, Emilio Pomàrico, Peter Rundel and Ilan Volkov to name a few.

Apart from his performative activities, he is a professor at the University of Music Basel (Hochschule für Musik FHNW / sonic space basel) and electric guitar tutor at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses. As well he curates the international festival for contemporary chamber music in Tel Aviv – “Tzlil Meudcan” (in hebrew: «Updated Tone»).

With

Yaron Deutsch (electric guitar), Marcus Weiss (moderation)

Program

Andreas Dohmen (1962):
FPP I (leçons du mardi) (2023)
for electric guitar
Clara Ianotta (1983):
a blur of fur and bone (i) (2023-24)
for electric guitar
Both works will be premiered at the beginning of May (in
Cologne and in Witten) and are CH premieres

Info

«Dialog» is a concert series by the Hochschule für Musik FHNW and sonic space basel, a platform for composition, performance, audio design and research, in collaboration with Gare du Nord.

Duration

75 minutes, no break

Prices

CHF 15.-/10.-/5.- (free choice at the box office or in advance)
Free admission for students of the Hochschule für Musik FHNW and the Musicology Department of the University of Basel

Links

→ yarondeutsch.com
→ marcusweiss.net