Basel Sinfonietta

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The Basel Sinfonietta is an orchestra for new music from Basel . It was launched in 1980 by young musicians with the aim of conveying contemporary music , well-known, new and experimental works to the public in new contexts .

Organization and self-determination

Founded in 1980 by young musicians, the orchestra is organized as an association and functions according to the model of self-administration . Today the orchestra has 110 members. In close cooperation with the management, the program coordination and the board, both consisting exclusively of orchestra members, are responsible for the orchestra's programmatic and strategic planning. This organizational structure offers the musicians a say in artistic and organizational issues.

Projects

Interdisciplinarity is one of the tasks of the Basel Sinfonietta. In its history, the orchestra has realized jazz , dance and performance productions as well as numerous silent film and multimedia projects . The Basel Sinfonietta has so far carried out over 150 world premieres and Swiss premieres.

Until 2016, the Basel Sinfonietta had no chief conductor. For its projects, the Basel Sinfonietta only hired guest conductors such as Stefan Asbury, Fabrice Bollon , Mark Fitz-Gerald, Emilio Pomàrico , Steven Sloane and Jonathan Stockhammer . From the 2016/2017 season, the orchestra hired the conductor Baldur Brönnimann as chief conductor. In 2018, the collaboration with Brönnimann was extended until the 2021/2022 season.

The Basel Sinfonietta develops five to six in-house productions each year, which it performs as a concert organizer in cooperation with local promoters in Switzerland and neighboring countries. The orchestra has already been a guest at the Biennale di Venezia , the Days for New Music Zurich, the International Summer Courses for New Music Darmstadt , the Herrenhausen Art Festival , the Festival d'Automne Paris, the Weimar Art Festival and several times at the Lucerne Festival .

financing

The budget of the Basel Sinfonietta is around CHF 2 million. Of this, CHF 700,000 are cantonal subsidies and municipal funds ; CHF 300,000 sponsorship , foundation and patronage funds as well as membership fees for the development association .

World premieres (selection)

Commissioned works

2008: Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini: Siegel , 2008: Helena Winkelman: Vers l'ouvert , 2008: Georg Friedrich Haas: Piano Concerto, 2008: Laurent Mettraux: Death on a Pale Horse, 2001: Michael Gordon: Decasia (commissioned by the European Music Month and der basel sinfonietta), 2001: Carola Bauckholt : Atemlos (commissioned by the European Music Month), 2000/01: Mela Meierhans: différance I – V composer in residence of the concert season, 1999: Mathias Rüegg : Naima's Dream (commissioned by the basel sinfonietta), 1997 : Balz Trümpy : Helios (commissioned work), 1995: Maria de Alvear : SEXO (commissioned work)

Web links

Single receipts

  1. ↑ The self-governing orchestra gets a chief conductor in: TagesWoche , January 22, 2016
  2. ↑ Basel Sinfonietta extends the collaboration with Baldur Brönnimann until and including the 2021/22 season on barfi.ch, May 15, 2018
  3. ↑ Basel Sinfonietta: “Oh Albert” ( memento of October 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), premieres on October 6, 7 and 8, 2016.