The Basel Sinfonietta celebrates the milestone birthday of an important Swiss composer
To mark his 60th birthday, the Basel Sinfonietta will honor the Swiss composer Dieter Ammann on May 22nd and 26th with a club concert at the Jazzcampus Basel, a talk including a pre-concert with students of the Basel Academy of Music and the 5th subscription concert «60 Years in the Groove» at the Stadtcasino Basel.
To mark Dieter Ammann's 60th birthday, the Basel Sinfonietta will honor this important Swiss composer with an evening dedicated to his meticulously notated music, which exists in a tension between the highest level of differentiation and raw vitality, as part of its fifth subscription concert on May 26. Furthermore, Dieter Ammann's significance as a composition teacher will be recognized with the world premieres of two works commissioned by the Basel Sinfonietta from his students Aregnaz Martirosyan and Alsu Nigmatullina.
On Sunday, May 22nd, at 7 pm, there is a unique opportunity to experience Dieter Ammann improvising on keyboards, trumpet, and bass in the intimate setting of the club on the Jazzcampus Basel, together with Jean-Paul Brodbeck (piano), Christy Doran (guitar), and Lucas Niggli (drums, percussion). – A carte blanche from the Basel Sinfonietta for the celebrated musician, who moves between the poles of composition and improvisation.
As a prelude to the 5th subscription concert on May 26th at the Stadtcasino Basel, a talk with Dieter Ammann and Uli Fussenegger, Head of Contemporary Music at the Basel Academy of Music, will take place at 6 pm on the day of the concert, followed by a pre-concert performance by students of the Basel Academy of Music. The program includes Dieter Ammann's "Distanzenquartett" for string quartet (2009) and "D'accord(s)" for two alto saxophones (2004).
