VILDE FRANG is among the most successful young violinist of her generation. The Norwegian won the prestigious Credit Suisse Young Artists Award 2012 and is known for her fiery playing without compromise. Clarinetist DAVID ORLOWSKY twice won the ECHO-classical prize for his genre-bending fusions of classical music and Klezmer and pianist JULIEN QUENTIN has, like his good friend Francesco Tristano, embarked on a journey into the world of electronic and keyboard music. In his spare time, he tours as the pianist of David Garrett.
Ynight’s own Etienne Abelin (member Lucerne Festival Orchestra, dir. Claudio Abbado) and Andreas Fleck (Casal String Quartet) join the trio to form the Yband Zurich of the night.
In the second set of the evening, the space opens to the haunting soundscapes of the Icelandic producer, pianist and composer VALGEIR SIGURDSSON. Known as producer and frequent collaborator with Björk, he founded the indie classical label “Bedroom Community” together with Nico Muhly and Ben Frost. NPR (National Public Radio) in the USA recently selected him as one of the “Top 100 composers under 40”.
Together with violist Liam Byrne, Valgeir presents music of his latest album “The Architecture of Loss”. And the occasional jam between the various musicians of the night is entirely possible.
As usual the Ynight takes place comfortably in the BLOK club, hosted by the Ynight team’s Nadja Schnetzler and Daniel Frei.
With: Valgeir Sigurðsson (Piano, Electronics), Liam Byrne (Viola) plus the Yband Zürich: Vilde Frang (Violin), David Orlowsky (Clarinet), Julien Quentin (Piano), Etienne Abelin (Violin) and Andreas Fleck (Cello). Plus DJ Nik! (Hula Honeys), animations by Stephen Malinowski and live Visuals.
Closely followed on 01.03.2012 from 2pm CET by a Young Artist Advice Forum, live from the Tonhalle Zurich:
As the name suggests, the Young Artists Advice Forum is a new vehicle for artistically minded people to absorb, share and discuss ideas with some of the leading personalities in both classical & contemporary music.
The forum is recorded and streamed live as an educational webcast by IC247 and later made available on YouTube, to be used as a resource for anyone interested in new developments & directions in music.
Join us for our next forum on March 1st @2pm CET - a collaboration with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich as a prelude to their hugely popular tonhalleLATE, classic meets electronic concert series, and the ZHdK Zurich University of the arts music department.
Featuring a diverse mix of colourful musical personalities including:
Kelvin Sholar & the Detroit Knights - talking about the techniques, concepts and history behind New Detroit; how they use the piano, Fender Rhodes and synths in the show later in the evening, combining Jazz concepts like Swing, Jazz vocabulary and Blues, Classical concepts like Serial Organization of musical parameters, Mother-Chords and Duodenary rhythms and Techno concepts like continous sets, minimal elements and technologies.
David Zinman - Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich and other international orchestras and multi Grammy award winning conductor.
David Bruchez - Professor of music ZHdK university of the arts, artistic director, conductor and principal trombone Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich.
Etienne Abelin - Violinist in the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Superar Suisse (El Sistema) and Curator of the highly successful YNight classic in club series.
Marc Menden - Menden&Roos, Art, Fashion and Nightlife Guru.
With various musicians of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich.
Questions and forum hosted by Adam Jeffrey, ZHdK and IC247 and Dr. James Isaacs, together with students from the ZHdK music department and the Hull`s international school Zurich.
....and then on that same evening, live from the Kongresshaus Zurich from 10pm onwards it is the tonhalleLATE,
classical meets electronic afterparty with Kelvin Sholar, Mike Huckaby and the Detroit Knights to get the dancing started!To take part, no matter where you are you can watch, listen and chat by downloading the Ustream App here and searching for IC247, by clicking here direct for Ustream.tv or just visit IC247 on this link here
