18. 11. 23, Non Piano - Toy piano Festival, Resonanzraum, Hamburg: Steffen Wolf with Lara Hahnel – Choreography Dort Oben (2020) for dancer and toy piano

Nothing is real.

This year’s festival is dedicated to non-existent places and unrealistic situations. Worlds that lie beyond our reality are musically brought to life. Whether through reinterpretations of well-known stories or the creation of surreal and magical spaces, the performances will transport the audience to new levels. Let yourself be carried off into a magical world full of toy instruments and boundless fantasy!

In close collaboration with the renowned young composer Lisa Streich, a selection of her outstanding works will be performed. Through a panel discussion, the audience will be able to gain deeper insights into Streich’s works. 

Streich’s musical artistic direction complements our motto this year in a thrilling way. Her subtle style, sprinkled with sensitive nuances and complemented by self-made mechanical devices, creates a delicate atmosphere of accidental musical beauty. This harmonizes beautifully with our festival title “Nothing is real”.

The title is inspired by Alvin Lucier’s cult work of the same name, in which he used “Strawberry Fields” as the basis for his musical material. Lucier’s composition focuses on a teapot, a symbol of communication and storytelling. It invites the listener to examine the visual language more intensely and to turn to imaginary places and scenarios.

It is precisely these non-existent worlds that we would like to open up musically in this year’s festival with additional works by Christopher Adler, Beatles, Greg Beller, Casey Cangelosi, Moritz Eggert, Seoung-Yeon Kwon, Sascha Lino Lemke, Juan Manuel Jaramillo Lleras, Tam Thi Pham, Benjamin Scheuer, Jacob Sello, Steffen Wolf, Ruben Zahra and Dong Zhou, 

True to our tradition, we present a variety of toy instruments and other special instruments and enrich the program with scenic performances.

Neue CD - September 2023

Steffen Wolf - Essais musicaux
Werke für Violine, Klarinette, Klavier und Sprecher
[Ersteinspielung]

Das Album "Essais musicaux" versammelt kammermusikalische Werke für Violine, Klarinette und Klavier aus den Jahren 2017–2021. Drei der sechs Stücke versuchen Aspekte der Zeit zu fassen, während die übrigen Kompositionen von den Künsten Malerei, Architektur und Literatur inspiriert sind.
In einer grundsätzlich suchenden und offenen Haltung folgen alle sechs Werke der Idee des literarisch-philosophischen Essais, in dem gerade die subjektive Perspektive das reizvolle der Untersuchung, und der Prozess des Befragens selbst von großer Wichtigkeit ist. So wollen Steffen Wolfs "Essais musicaux" keine lineare "Übersetzung" von Gemälden, Texten oder Bauwerken in die Sprache der Musik sein; vielmehr erzählen sie, manchmal träumerisch und frei assoziierend, manchmal klar gefasst von diesen Kunstbegegnungen.

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Non piano - toy piano - Festival 2022

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