A Musical-Theatrical Foretaste of Christmas

Description

Ensemble Tzara
Irina Ungureanu – Voice/Nose Flute; Murat Cevik – Flutes/Overtone Singing;
Martin Sonderegger – Clarinets/Bells; Christoph Luchsinger – Trumpets/Overtone Singing/Bells; Christina Aiko Mayer – Violin/Voice/Locomotive Whistle; Moritz Müllenbach – Cello/Voice;
Anna Trauffer and Lara Stanic – Concept, Composition, Direction The Zurich-based Ensemble Tzara has been active in the field of contemporary music culture for about 20 years. Its programs focus on diverse approaches to contemporary music and performance. With this new program, Zurich composer and bassist Anna Trauffer has written nine pieces in the form of songs tailored for singer Irina Ungureanu and the five-member ensemble. These songs tell profound and humorous stories of festivity, contemplation, abundance, but also of melancholy and oversaturation around Christmas. The songs incorporate five sophisticated, playful electronic pieces by Zurich-based composer and sound artist Lara Stanic. These are joyfully interpreted by the musicians in combination with electronic sensors and effects. The singer lends her voice to the Christmas tree, the scent of cookies is transformed into sounds, and a singing teapot plays a duet with the trumpet.
The concert hall is filled for an hour with warm tones and lush harmonies. Sometimes deeply sad, sometimes beautifully kitschy, breathtakingly exuberant or softly plucked.
Concert without intermission

Highlights

• Christmas program with songs by Anna Trauffer
• Ensemble Tzara with electronic sounds by Lara Stanic
• Unique musical performance with humorous and profound themes

General Information

Ensemble Tzara presents a Christmas concert in the community hall Obstgarten in Stäfa. The performance combines traditional and electronic music and tells of the various facets of the Christmas season.

Location

Tränkebachstrasse 35, 8712 Stäfa, Switzerland

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