ATTACCA – Festival for Contemporary Music

The final evening by «The Girlz» features works for solo voice, piccolo, cello, bass clarinet, and live electronics. The programme includes compositions by Aribert Reimann, Georges Aperghis, Simon Steen-Andersen, Rebecca Minten, and John Cage. It spans soloistic concentration, electronic expansion, and experimental ensemble playing.

As part of «ATTACCA – Festival for Contemporary Music» by the University of Music FHNW Basel – students from the departments of Audio Design, Composition, Open Creation, and Contemporary Music present their current artistic projects. The programme features original compositions, performances, improvisations, and works by contemporary composers. Concerts take place over several days in varying formats and line-ups.

With

Alena Verin-Galitskaya (voice/performance); Isabelle Meraner (piccolo/performance); Rebecca Minten (bass clarinet/live electronics/performance); Clara Dietze (cello/performance)

Program

Aribert Reimann (*1936): «Perergon II to Melusine» (1971–1987) for solo soprano

Georges Aperghis (*1945): «The Dong with a Luminous Nose» (2019) for solo piccolo

Simon Steen-Andersen (*1976): «Study for String Instrument #2» (2009) for cello and whammy pedal

Rebecca Minten (*1998): «Something» (2025, world premiere) for bass clarinet and live electronics

John Cage (1912–1992): «Living Room Music Quartet» (1940) for unspecified instruments

Duration

55 minutes, no break

Prices

Free entry.

Links

→ www.minten.art
→ YouTube Clara Dietze
→ YouTube Isabelle Meraner
→ YouTube Alena Verin-Galitskaya