Exotica (Mauricio Kagel) - workshop and concerts
Score for six performers with non-European instruments
June 23rd / June 30th
Exotica is one of Mauricio Kagel’s most emblematic scores. Written in 1970-71 for the modern art exhibition organized on the occasion of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, it had its first performance on 23 June of that year, conducted by the composer himself and with a formidable group of performers: Wilhem Bruck (guitar), Cristoph Caskel (percussion), Vinko Globokar (trombone), Siegfried Palm (cello), Michel Portal (clarinet) and Theodor Ross (guitar). None of them played their instrument, but each alternated, according to the composer’s instructions, over 20 instruments from all over the world.
Kagel's intention with Exotica was to question the dominance of Western music and to return to the primordial origins of music, but he also wanted to push performers into an exercise of openness to the different, the unfamiliar and unpredictable.
Do you want to be one of these performers?
Come and discover 100 musical instruments from all over the world, learn to master them and tackle one of the most fascinating pieces of the last century.
The workshop will end with the performance of Exotica in two public concerts:
29 June: Biella, location TBD
30 June: Milan, Fabbrica del Vapore, Sala Donatoni
Download the call (bando) with all the details below!