Nuit Blanche is a series of musical performances at TRAFO Trafostacja Sztuki centred around a special exhibition or programme at the art center. Each 80-minute contribution uniquely combines artistic creation and stimulates conversation. The performances will be followed by a party, against the backdrop of a playlist selected by an artist or curator. Inspired by Ryszard WaÅ›ko’s works and the exhibition’s theme Genesis, Hauschka creates a concert performance that investigates its own ‘evolution of sound’, including its flaws and interruptions. His work is based upon an exploration of the possibilities of the prepared piano – a playfully disruptive intervention into the preconceived idea of the piano as a pure-toned, perfected instrument waiting for a gifted virtuoso to play on it.
Hauschka is the alias of German pianist composer Volker Bertelmann, who currently resides in Düsseldorf. At times, he also performs accompanied by guest musicians, such as violin virtuoso Hilary Hahn, Michael Nyman, Adam Butler (Vert), John Convertino (Calexico), Samuli Kosminen (múm) and Stefan Schneider (Mapstation, To Rococo Rot), whose arrangements emphasize and condense his elegantly layered sound clusters. Hauschka has been collaborating with acclaimed film and theatre directors, among them Doris Dörrie, Kevin Rittberger, Faiza Zaidi, Jeff Desom and Lars Henning Jung.
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Nuit Blanche, a music programme curated by Annette Gentz I Music & Film Arts
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