Music • Olga Neuwirth - Kloing ! / Hommage à Klaus Nomi-A Songplay in Nine Fits

Opéra National de Paris Garnier
angle rues Scribe et Auber
75009 Paris
Octobre 24, 20h
15€ to 25€, Subscription 10€ to 18€
Duration : 1h20 plus intermission

Olga Neuwirth
Kloing ! computer-programmed piano with live video

Hommage à Klaus Nomi-A Songplay in Nine Fits,
for countertenor and ensemble with live video

Marino Formenti, piano
Andrew Watts, countertenor
Lillevan, creation live images and video
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Peter Plessas – IEM Graz, Sound design and programming (Kloing!)
Paul Jeukendrup, Sound design (Tribute to Klaus Nomi)

Gerry Cornelius, direction

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Olga Neuwirth composed Kloing! for automated piano playing, among other repertoire, seismographic data (from the Grotta gigante in Trieste) while also being played by – or competing against – the pianist. Simultaneously pictures are screened, showing famous pianists, the seismic observation station in Trieste and a 1905 Welte-Mignon piano. Hommage à Klaus Nomi-A Songplay in Nine Fits pays tribute to an icon of popular culture, Klaus Nomi.

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Coproduction Opéra national de Paris ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of the Austrian cultural Forum
With the support of the Musical Patronage of Société Générale
This work programme has been funded with support from the European Commission.This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
Partnership with France Inter

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