Ibn Battuta

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24.07.

Su, 19:00

S Styriarte

24.07.

Su, 19:00

Ibn Battuta

Helmut List Halle

S Styriarte

Helmut List Halle

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Jordi Savall, ein Gambist, spielt auf einer Viola da Gamba bei der Styriarte.

Jordi Savall does the same as the Berber Ibn Battuta and travels halfway around the world on his trail with the ensemble

Hespèrion XXI

Programme

What to expect

Music from the wide route of the “traveller of Islam”, Ibn Battuta, from North Africa to China and back

Duration: approx. two hours incl. interval

Tickets

Prices: EUR 33 / 55 / 88

Reductions:
U27 / Ö1 Intro

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Ensemble

Hespèrion XXI

The Early Music Ensemble is committed to the original spirit of its repertoire, which consists of works from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, and offers its audiences the opportunity to immerse themselves in the aesthetic delicacy of the time by using period instruments.

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Viola da Gamba & Conductor

Jordi Savall

There isn’t a single fan of early music who doesn’t know the name Jordi Savall. There is no award that the “European Union Ambassador for Cultural Dialogue” has not won in the course of his international career, most recently the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, also known as the “Nobel Prize of Music.” It is all the more wonderful that the Catalan, born in 1941, has been one of Styriarte’s closest and most loyal friends for decades and includes the festival in his schedule every year.

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Actor

Michael Dangl

In addition to his major roles in film and on stage, the star actor from Salzburg also devotes himself intensively to music - whether as a piano-playing performer at his home theatre in the Josefstadt or in musical readings, which he organises together with Konstantin Wecker, Gidon Kremer or the Rheinische Philharmonie.

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Content

in the footsteps of the traveller Ibn Battuta

Abu Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, a Berber from Morocco, went on a pilgrimage to Mecca in the 14th century. Afterwards, instead of returning home, he travelled halfway round the world, curious and seeking adventure. Today it is a matter of conjecture whether his famous travel journal is chiefly an imposture, consisting of fake news. However, of one thing there is no doubt: it is fantastic literature. Jordi Savall and his large ensemble follow in the footsteps of the traveller, creating a sumptuous sound, expansive and amicable, as like Ibn Battuta himself.