Container Ensemble, based in Switzerland, offers an experience based on mechanised sound and electronics. The programme includes both established composers of mechanical music, such as Conlon Nancarrow, and young composers who have already made a name for themselves, like Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri. This concert is a unique opportunity to discover a musical form centred on rhythm, with machines, electronics and performers working together to create highly original aesthetic effects. The concert also includes a world premiere by the Ensemble, using the famous EMS Synthi AKS analogue synthesiser, the favourite of such leading exponents of 20th-century electronic music as Tangerine Dream and Jean-Michel Jarre.

Biography

CONTAINER Ensemble takes its concerns to the international scene, reflecting in its programmes the latest artistic creation and experimentation in the musical and visual fields. They have been active in different European countries, establishing its main base in Basel. Among its programmes, highlights include Gesture as sonority, where Black Box Music by Simon Steen Andersen was premiered; All the defects of the human being with Generation Kill by the Belgian composer Stefan Prins; as well as premieres by Johannes Kreidler, Lara Stanic and collaborations with Cathy van Eck.