You Better Listen!

Much like our ZONK!?!! initiative, where we unleash our eccentric music in unconventional spaces, mainly public areas, this we imagine the impact it would make inside Das MuTh's concert hall. However, this time, the reverberation comes with a more acoustically nuanced “PLONK!”. Our music encounters a fresh audience, with the optimistic hope that it has the power to ignite bursts of inspiration and evoke thought bubbles akin to those found in comics. The composers Julia Purgina and Oxana Omelchuk have both explored the concepts of “plonk” and reverberation in their work. Both exhibit a playful and notably virtuoso approach to instrumentation, creating a daring new auditory realm for listeners! An equally significant highlight for the evening is the official inauguration of Xizi Wang as Studio Dan's first female ensemble conductor.   Amuse-Gueule Much like a welcome culinary treat from the kitchen, our version represents an ear-opening introduction, where we extend a direct invitation to interested audience members to join us in anticipation of each concert. In less than an hour, we swiftly navigate through the thrilling highlights of the upcoming programme, allowing our visitors to actively engage in this unique listening experience right in the midst of the ensemble. Start: 18:15 Biglietto sospeso – The Solitickets Inspired by the wonderful Neapolitan tradition of caffè sospeso, where the buyer of a cup of coffee financially supports the cup of an unknown fellow customer in a gesture of solidarity, we present the Biglietto sospeso for the concerts in the YOU BETTER LISTEN! series. It’s essentially a one-for-two deal!

In their book “On Connection”, Kae Tempest describes the constantly magical transformation of space through the connection between artist and audience. In alignment with George Lewis’s perspective on his piece “As We May Feel,” where the “associative assemblage only fully unfolds in the encounter with the listener, whereby the activity of listening and that of composing flow into one another,” and Wolfgang Mitterer’s concept of “musical temperature” capturing the enchantment of music-making, Tempest consistently circles back to the self-contained connection that creators and recipients forge. Amuse-Gueule Much like a welcome culinary treat from the kitchen, our version represents an ear-opening introduction, where we extend a direct invitation to interested audience members to join us in anticipation of each concert. In less than an hour, we swiftly navigate through the thrilling highlights of the upcoming programme, allowing our visitors to actively engage in this unique listening experience right in the midst of the ensemble. Start: 18:15 Biglietto sospeso – The Soliticket Inspired by the wonderful Neapolitan tradition of caffè sospeso, where the buyer of a cup of coffee financially supports the cup of an unknown fellow customer in a gesture of solidarity, we present the Biglietto sospeso for the concerts in the YOU BETTER LISTEN! series. It’s essentially a one-for-two deal!

Artworks, particularly musical compositions in our context, frequently acquire a unique potency when their creation follows an unconventional path, incorporating elements that supposedly should not be combined in a certain way, or when they challenge established canonical norms through rule-breaking. The tension that can emerge in this way often finds release in joyful discoveries and new insights, prompting reflection on both oneself and the world, or at least give rise to intriguing questions. With music by composer Sonja Mutić and Oliver Johnson, known in the club music sphere as Dorian Concept, we aim to fulfil this promise and leave the audience with compelling questions lingering in the air at the conclusion of our inaugural concert series.   Amuse-Gueule Much like a welcome culinary treat from the kitchen, our version represents an ear-opening introduction, where we extend a direct invitation to interested audience members to join us in anticipation of each concert. In less than an hour, we swiftly navigate through the thrilling highlights of the upcoming programme, allowing our visitors to actively engage in this unique listening experience right in the midst of the ensemble. Starts at 18:15 Biglietto sospeso – The Soliticket Inspired by the wonderful Neapolitan tradition of caffè sospeso, where the buyer of a cup of coffee financially supports the cup of an unknown fellow customer in a gesture of solidarity, we present the Biglietto sospeso for the concerts in the YOU BETTER LISTEN! series. It’s essentially a one-for-two deal!