KOMMAS#RITUAL

15.10.24 - 20 h
Alte Feuerwache Cologne

-Admission free-

Kommas#RITUAL is a concert that explores the concept of ritual through three sound worlds. The work "Mēnin" by Francisco C. Goldschmidt, a performance (UA) by Marisol Jiménez and a collective work based on the music of Christian Vásquez Miranda are three perspectives through which the ensemble will develop the program. Texts from the historical novel about Patagonia "The Museum of Dawn" by Galo Ghigliotto will be the inspiration for the dramaturgy of this program and will be performed by an actress.

"...Initially it was assumed that it was a ritual burial or the cremation of a recently killed family group by paid hunters of indians. However, these assumptions proved to be unfounded as the Selk'nam did not cremate their dead and no other family members were found with the child....’.

Program (60 min.)

Francisco C. Goldschmidt (Chile)

Mēnin (2020/24)

for amplified violin, viola, cello, electric guitar, piano and electronics

Commissioned by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

Marisol Jiménez (Mexico)

-Performance- (2024, world premiere)

for bass flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano and live electronics

Commissioned by Kommas Ensemble,

financed by the Kunststiftung NRW

Christian Vásquez Miranda

calcined bones of a selk'nam child

(2024, world premiere)

for ensemble and actress

KOMMAS ENSEMBLE

Maruta Staravoitava, flute

Moritz Schneidewendt, clarinet

Johannes Haase, violin

Alba González, viola

Kyubin Hwang, cello

Jacqueline Dourado, percussion

Francisco C. Goldschmidt, electric guitar

Alberto Carnevale Ricci, piano

Marisol Jiménez, live electronics

Lautaro Mura Fuentealba, conductor

Kristina Halmanns, actress

Pablo Garretón, sound

Coco Kausch, light

Supported by:

Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft NRW & Kunststiftung NRW

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