ATTACCA – Festival for Contemporary Music

In the third concert, «The Girlz» present works by Helmut Lachenmann, Catherine Lamb, Oleksandra Katsalap, Alina Mukhametrakhimova, and Brigitta Muntendorf. The instrumentation includes voice, video, bass flute, contrabass clarinet, viola, cello, piano, and double bass. The evening merges acoustic and media-based formats.

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/lyra); Isabelle Meraner (bass flute); Rebecca Minten (bass clarinet/contrabass clarinet); Dmitry Batalov (piano); Raphaëlle Proust (piano); Ioanna Boultadaki (violin); Yu-Yun Peng (viola); Clara Dietze (cello/performance); Camille Martin (double bass)

Program

Helmut Lachenmann (*1935): «GOT LOST» (2008) music for high soprano and piano
(Texts by Friedrich Nietzsche and Fernando Pessoa)

Catherine Lamb (*1982): «Alchemy/Bloom» (2006) for bass flute, viola, contrabass clarinet, and double bass

Oleksandra Katsalap (2001):
«lick»
«snick»
«listen»
«touch»
«look»
for cello, objects, and video (2025, world premiere)
Alina Mukhametrakhimova (1990): «Epithalanium» for voice, live electronics, and lyra
Brigitta Muntendorf (*1982): «Shivers on speed» (2012) for bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

Duration

75 minutes, no break

Prices

Free entry.

Links

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