»MaerzMusik«

20.03.2020 / 20:00
With Carlos Gutiérrez

CANCELED: Opening concert with PHØNIX16 and OEIN

MaerzMusik 2020 opens with an extraordinary musical encounter. The Bolivian Experimental Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments (OEIN) under the artistic direction of former DAAD fellow Carlos Gutierrez (guest 2018) and the Berlin-based voice collective PHØNIX16 embark on a joint artistic journey around the concept of “environment” in its multi-layered meaning – the social, the natural, the political, the philosophical, the acoustic, and as an artistic form and practice. Founded in 1980, the OEIN is a unique contemporary music formation based in La Paz. Their practice is rooted in the pre-Columbian musical culture of the Aymara, while their means of artistic expression is experimental music.

During his residency in Berlin, Carlos Gutierrez met PHØNIX16, who are known for their daring work of high musical intensity and quality. On the basis of this encounter, this project developed where altogether over 30 musicians and vocalists set out to find common ground in mutual change through a joint process of research and experimentation, while acknowledging cultural difference and the complex legacy of colonialism.

Besides a new work by Carlos Gutierrez, pieces by Beatriz Ferreyra, Bernard Parmegiani and Marisol Jiménez will be premiered.

PHØNIX16 (Leitung/director Timo Kreuser), OEIN (Leitung/director Carlos Gutierrez), Philipp Hartmann (Film), Komposter Kollektiv (Video), Michael Havenstein (Tontechnik/sound design), Sonia Lescène (Produktion/production), Alice Biemann (Lichtdesign/light design)

Mit Unterstützung von / with the support of Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, Goethe Institut, Musikfonds e.V. / BKM, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa Berlin / Senate Department for Culture and Europe Berlin & Bundes- und Landesmusikakademie Rheinsberg. Dank an die Goethe-Institute / Thanks to Goethe Institutes São Paulo / La Paz / Lima.
In Zusammenarbeit mit / in collaboration with Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste / European Centre fort he Arts Dresden & Akademie der Künste, Berlin.