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In the magnificent sound space of the Helmut List Hall, the exceptional pianist P.L. Aimard sitzend, am Steinway Pierre-Laurent Aimard explores the body of his piano with Mark Andre's profound work '... selig ist ...'.

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Space&sound effects

“I was more composed by the piece than it was by me,” says Mark Andre about his one-hour piano piece … selig ist … . It had its premiere at the Donaueschingen Music days 2024, played by top pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who plays it now at Helmut List Halle – with all the sound effects that can be created in and around a grand piano, which is what make this “breakable, fragile music” so charming. “It’s about music fading away, music disappearing.  And it’s about the disappearance of a child, the son of a close friend,” says Mark Andre. “Afterwards there is nothing – this has been the central theme of my work for decades.”

Programme

Mark Andre: „… selig ist …“

Duration: around 50 minutes without intermission

Tickets

Price: EUR 48

Reductions:
U27 (for all under 27) & Ö1 Intro: 50 % reduction
Ö1 Club & Standard Abo: 10 % reduction

Cast

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

P.L. Aimard sitzend, am Steinway
© Julia Wessely
Klavier

The musical sphere of the star pianist from Lyon is boundless. Discovered by Olivier Messiaen at the age of twelve, he has worked with contemporaries such as Boulez, Stockhausen and Ligeti. But his reinterpretations of works by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven also have worldwide reference status.

SWR Experimental­studio

SWR Experimentalstudio im Fluss
© Anja Limbrunner
Electronic

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