Vanessa Porter & Emil Kuyumcuyan | ÜBERSCHLAG FESTIVAL

In the organizer's words:

An exciting duo program with original compositions in the border area of improvisation, performance, electronics, video and percussion.

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Vanessa Porter is one of the world's most versatile percussionists. As a soloist, she combines contemporary works with improvisation, electronics and performing arts and effortlessly creates impressively diverse sound spaces. Her program folie à deux - for percussion and electronics has been performed at venues including the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Paris and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.

Born in Istanbul, Emil Kuyumcuyan was influenced by both jazz and Anatolian music. He is a composer, electric musician and percussionist. He was recently appointed professor of percussion at the Frankfurt University of Music. In 2019, he created his first audiovisual work entitled I S T A N B U L | the roots, a multimedia performance inspired by the city. He is a sought-after partner in the most important contemporary formations such as Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern and Slagwerk Den Haag.

BETTER ME deals with the increasing desire for self-determination, (self-)staging and confrontation that characterizes our society. Every individual wants to be heard, seen and perceived, fights for (their own) justice and to live according to their own ideas. BETTER ME artistically describes the search for self-determination, justice and fairness as well as the resulting consequences.
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Cast

Vanessa Porter | Emil Kuyumcuyan Multi-Percussion

Price information:

Pupils, students, pensioners and recipients of ALG II receive the reduced ticket price for day and one-way tickets. Proof of eligibility must be presented at the entrance.