David Bergmüller
PORTRAITS IN MOTION
Music

Wednesday, 6., und Thursday, 7th April 2022, 7 p.m.
BTV Stadtforum Innsbruck
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Wednesday, 6., und Thursday, 7th April 2022, 7 p.m.
BTV Stadtforum Innsbruck

In the lute – a musical portrait of an instrument

A unique sound experience in the Ton Halle at the BTV Stadtforum. With the help of a multi-channel speaker system, the sound of the lute was electronically amplified, densified and spatialized. Not randomly, however, but according to the baroque intention, which always focuses on human expression! Original compositions in dialogue with the repertoire of former periods.

The historical instrument and the potential of today’s electronic equipment.

An immersive sound experience with music by David Bergmüller, Francesco da Milano, Robert de Visée and Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger, among others.

 

David Bergmüller

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Known for his “virtuoso lyricism” (Tiroler Tageszeitung) and his “extraordinarily subtle and intoxicating playing” (Liechtensteiner Volksblatt), David Bergmüller is one of the most rousing and multifaceted lutenists of his generation. His virtuoso performances range from historically informed performance practice to new compositions.

He composes for his own instruments and projects, but numerous other composers have also written works for him, including Pia Palme, Arturo Fuentes, Gilad Hochman, Manuel Durão or Franz Bauer.

David Bergmüller was the first lutenist to win the Franz Joseph Aumann Prize at the H.I.F. Biber Competition for Early Music. With his ensemble sferraina he was nominated for the German Record Critic’s Award in the category “Crossover Productions.”

Born in Hall in 1989, he started to learn guitar when he was eight years old. While studying classical guitar with Stefan Hackl at the Tyrolean State Conservatory, Bergmüller discovered his fascination for the lute. He attended master classes with Hopkinson Smith and Rolf Lislevand. In 2018, after graduating from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the State University of Music Trossingen, David Bergmüller became one of the youngest music professors appointed to the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. He currently lives in Vienna.

Florian Rabl

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Born in Rum in 1987, Rabl is a recording engineer and Tonmeister. He is in charge of various productions for such clients as the Vienna Boys’ Choir, Manu Delago, radio.string.quartet and Capella de la Torre. For his recordings he has won such awards as the Ö1 Pasticcio Prize and the Pizzicato Supersonic Award, and he has been nominated to the long list of the German Record Critic’s Award multiple times. In addition to his freelance work, he also works for the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna as a recording engineer and audiovisual infrastructure developer.

Concerts commissioned by INN SITU to date

INN SITU 1: RIGHT HERE!

Composition class of Franz Baur at the Tyrolean State Conservatory (TLK), Benedikt Huber, Elias Praxmarer, Andreas Trenkwalder, Manuel Zwerger

INN SITU 2: TIME LEAP

Walter Rumer and ensemble, double bassist of the ensemble “Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin”, head of the double bass class at the Tyrolean State Conservatory

INN SITU 3: MOUNTAINWORKS

Christof Dienz and ensemble, composer, bassoon and zither soloist

INN SITU 4: THE FAULT LINE

R.E.T. Brass Band musicians performing in various formations and conducted by Andreas Lackner

INN SITU 5: WUNDERKAMMER, INN SITU 6: LIGHT WORKS

(Concerts couldn’t take place during this time due to the pandemic)

INN SITU 7: THE PHOTO ALBUM

Tyrolean percussionist Tobias Steinberger with the sextet SEPP, the fire dancer Antonia Steinberger and the singer Anna Widauer

LANDSCAPE AS PERFORMANCE
Dialogue

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The dialogue took place on Thursday 6 October at 7 p.m.

Review:

Echoes of the exhibition from various fields of expertise. The dramaturgical triad of the INN SITU series was rounded off with an accompanying dialogue format. We invited experts from the fields of science, culture and music to respond to the exhibition. In doing so, we experimented with new formats of exchange. (Im Bild Transdisciplinary dialogue in response to the exhibition PORTRAITS IN MOTION).

Each of the speakers chose a picture from the exhibition and discusses it with the artist Volker Gerling before an audience. An open dialogue between various perspectives, with music and inspired by the exhibition.

Konstanze Zwintz

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is an astrophysicist and specialist on the explosion as the beginning of the world. Konstanze Zwintz first took interest in young stars as a student. Back then she was a pioneer in this new field; today she is among the leading experts. She is currently a professor for Stellar Astrophysics at the University of Innsbruck, a position she has held since 2018.

© Franz Oss
© Franz Oss

Andreas Ambrosi, Brenner Base Tunnel BBT SE

is the press officer for the project company BBT SE. As such he has been responsible for the areas of public relations, media relations and stakeholder management since 2017. He has held various positions in the press and public relations divisions of different companies, including Swarovski International PR, Tyrolean state government, the City of Innsbruck and the APA – Austria Presse Agency in Tyrol and Vienna.

Hubert Matt

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studied philosophy and art history. One of his main focuses is on strategies of performance in art and media. He works as a visual artist and researcher and teaches Perception, Culture, Design and Theory, among other courses, in the degree programme InterMedia at the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions in Austria and abroad, and his exhibition design and texts on and for artists also have an international scope.

Isa Kurz, piano, and Bernhard Schimpelsberger, percussion

© Isa Kurz
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The multi-instrumentalist Isa Kurz is featured in the musical part of this INN SITU theme. In conjunction with the dialogue of the panel of experts she will improvise ­on the grand piano – joined by Bernhard Schimpelsberger, who will be playing various percussion instruments.

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