ignm Basel «Timepieces»

Louisa Marxen performs her new solo programme on various percussion islands and plays all possible and impossible instruments: marimba and drum; pieces of furniture and old treasures from her grandparents' house; beaters, Mikado sticks, fingers and high heels. Each work tells a story – from the clock that only winds on Saturdays, to the sounds of bells with a macabre origin and a bag full of ping-pong balls.

In addition to the classical repertoire, the Luxembourgish percussionist Louisa Marxen (*1982) is particularly interested in working with composers and developing new works. She likes to combine unusual instruments, experimental sounds and a talent for humorous presentation to create a novel sound experience. She has participated in numerous projects in which the interaction of different art forms such as dance, theatre and visual arts is in the foreground.
On her tours in Europe, Asia and Russia, she has worked with well-known contemporary artists and composers: Carola Bauckholt, Isabel Mundry, Georg Friedrich Haas, Fritz Hauser and Joachim Schloemer. She is a founding member of the Eunoia Quintet and a board member of the International Society for New Music (ISNM) Basel. Since 2014, she has moderated «Klanggespräche», an adult education programme at the Basel Volkshochschule at Gare du Nord. She also teaches percussion at several Swiss music schools.

With

Louisa Marxen (percussion), Catherine Kontz (composition/eye outside), Yiran
Zhao (composition)

Program

Louis Andriessen (1939-2021): «Woodpecker» (1999)
Yiran Zhao (1988): «enrichment items» (2024, WP)
Catherine Kontz (1976): «Metallurgy» (2021)
Catherine Kontz (1976): New work (2024, WP)
Mayke Nas (1972): «Cinderella» (2018)
Agata Zubel (*1978): «Mono-Drum» (2020)

Duration

60 minutes, no break

Prices

CHF 35.-/25.-/15.- (free choice at the box office or in advance)
Free admission applies to persons with residence permit N, F or S. / CHF 5.- students of the Hochschule für Musik FHNW and the Musicology Seminar of the University of Basel / CHF 10.- members Colourkey and children under 12 years.

Links

→ louisamarxen.com
→ trailer.louisamarxen
→ ignm-basel.ch