As always at INN SITU, the especially developed concert format in artistic resonance with the current exhibition: this time the musical focus was conceived by Manuel de Roo, a composer and guitarist who was born in the Netherlands and grew up in Tyrol. He studied at the Tyrolean State Conservatory and the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, is a member of “œnm . œsterreichisches ensemble fuer neue music”, and has performed as a guest soloist with various ensembles, including Klangforum Wien or the Bamberg Symphony. He has been commissioned to compose works for Klangspuren Schwaz, the Theater Heidelberg, and the Salzburg Biennale.

Manuel de Roo on the evening’s dramaturgy: “The incredible sense of calm that the selected photographs radiate inspired me to create a moving, musical texture. The opposite of this tranquility would be rotor blades, which are either moved by the force of the wind or are themselves intended to move a body. To me, the selection of twelve images, each with its own very specific justification, correlates directly with the idea of twelve-tone music in which each tone has its own strong justification.”

©Manuel de Roo

The concert program comprises the following composers and works:
Manuel de Roo: Rotor Suite
Igor Stravinsky: Three Pieces for solo clarinet
John Cage: In a Landscape for solo harp
Leo Brouwer: Elogio de la Danza for solo guitar
Claude Debussy: Syrinx for solo flute

Performed by: Manuel de Roo, guitar and synthesizer; Katharina Kubatta, harp; Roberto Gander, clarinets and Michael Cede, flutes.