Carte blanche: Frédéric Acquaviva I (VOCALS)

As part of two concert evenings, French composer Frédéric Acquaviva will be appearing at the ZKM_Kubus on 5th and 6th May. For his Cartes blanches, Acquaviva has been able to obtain both Loré Lixenberg, a world-famous mezzo-soprano in the opera and musical theater scene, and renowned pianist Mark Knoop, who will interpret a selection of Acquaviva’s musical works, composed for grand piano, vocals, live electronics and telematics alongside the composer / performer.

The first of Frédéric Acquaviva’s concerts on 5th May is completely characterized by vocals: Multimedia pieces for mezzo-soprano will be the main presentation. Since the early 1990s, Acquaviva has worked with many renowned (sound) artists, including important representatives of the artistic avant-garde of the previous century, such as the lettrist, Isidore Isou.

As part of »Loré Ipsum« – a piece dedicated to British voice artist Loré Lixenberg – a battery of defective electronic devices will be used. With the revised version of the »MESS« composition, which was created in 2015, Acquaviva confronts voice artist Lixenberg with digitalised sounds of a Buchla synthesizer.