The Swiss new music duo UMS'nJIP (Ulrike Mayer-Spohn and Javier Hagen) is one of the most active ensembles for contemporary new music. Over 1400 concerts in 40 countries, including at the Venice Biennale and the Shanghai New Music Week, line their unique musical path. In this program, they trace the genre of the art song and present entwendete fenster, their latest song cycle based on poems by the Valais poet Rolf Hermann from his current volume of poetry "In der Nahaufnahme verwildern wir" on Sunday, 10.5.2025 at 20h at MEbU (Münster Earport).

PROGRAM
UMS'nJIP
stolen windows, 2025
UMS'nJIP have commissioned over 300 works since 2007 and have performed individual works over 100 times - which is almost unique in new music worldwide. Parallel to their work as performers, they are also active as composers and have received 35 international awards for their works. In their work, they repeatedly question classical genres - in this case the art song. The inherent sophistication of the art song on a compositional and textual level is a particular challenge. The duo's personal affinity and arrangement (voice, recorders and electronics) offer an appealing terrain for a very special approach to a genre that has achieved a symbiosis of text and music like no other. http://umsnjip.ch/program-entwendetefenster.htm

CONTRIBUTORS
UMS'nJIP
Ulrike Mayer-Spohn, recorders/electronics
Javier Hagen, voice/electronics

LINKS
http://umsnjip.ch/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMS_'n_JIP
https://www.youtube.com/@umsnjip/playlists
http://facebook.com/umsnjip
http://instagram.com/umsnjip
Admission free (collection), limited seating, reservation recommended (mebu@umsnjip.ch)


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