[ music theatre ]
Time : Friday 16.05, 17:00 & 18:00 (30 min)
Location : Øst For Paradis, Paradisgade 9C, 8000 Aarhus
Artists : Lasse Schwanenflügel Piasecki & Ensemble Garage
Supported by : Goethe Institut Dänemark
Info
The performance, which has its world premiere on the festival, draws inspiration from The Pied Piper of Hamelin, reflecting on mass seduction and society’s fascination with strong leaders. In a child’s bedroom at bedtime, a drama unfolds between the siblings Constantia and John. Constantia expresses distrust in adult authorities, whom she believes cannot secure a safe and sustainable future for the next generation. John, taking a more pragmatic and conservative stance, insists that children have never had it better.
Constantia sees the charismatic Pied Piper, Hans Mushalle, as a liberator from adult wars and environmental disasters, while John warns against simplistic solutions and revolutionary ideas. The conflict intensifies when Hans Mushalle draws near, accompanied by the city’s children, who are lured from their beds by his enchanting song. The performance combines film and live music, and the title refers to the proverbial “elephant in the room”.
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Ensemble Garage
Ensemble Garage have been yielding innovative artistic impulses, shaping the development in new music towards trans-medial, theatrical and performative forms of production. The Cologne-based ensemble, which was founded in 2009, is regularly invited to perform at renowned festivals in Germany and abroad. It consists of Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg (viola), Eva Boesch (cello), Yuka Ohta (percussion), Malgorzata Walentynowicz (piano/keyboard), Carlos Cordeiro (clarinet/bass clarinet/EWI), Steffen Ahrens (guitar), and Till Künkler (trombone).
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Lasse Schwanenflügel Piasecki
Lasse Schwanenflügel Piasecki (b. 1981) is a composer and director based in Copenhagen. His works are based on concepts that exist in an audiovisual borderland. His music has been performed by world-renowned ensembles such as the Arditti Quartet and Ensemble Intercontemporain. Piasecki graduated from the soloist class in composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2012, and obtained his master’s degree from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 2007. Among his many accomplishments, he has directed and composed for the dance performance Rudy at The Royal Theatre and the opera film Vil du med til Janus?.