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Pantha du Prince

Conference of Trees

Tickets:

pre-sale 21 euro / evening box 24 euro (50% discount with festival pass)

Past dates

Debut Performance

Monday

8/13/18

8:00 PM

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In his newest stage piece, the techno magician holds a musical conference of the trees.

In his new project CONFERENCE OF TREES, musician Hendrik Weber aka Pantha Du Prince explores communication between trees. Scientists have increasingly been confirming something that countless stories across cultures have described for millennia: trees can exchange information amongst themselves, even across long distances. Weber turns this cellular »conversation« into an artistic work that allows a sensual entry into this secretive phenomenon and combines music, visual poetry and speculative science. It also reaffirms his reputation as an extraordinary producer who, with his exceptional feeling for harmonies, manages to blend avant-garde music with electronic club sounds. In this case, the instruments were also partly made by the artist’s own hands and emerged from his intense interest in materials and a desire to determine the sound characteristics of various kinds of wood. He will be supported musically by a percussion ensemble composed of Håkon Stene and Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg, who were also part of his last project, Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory, as well as by Manuel Chittka, drummer of the band Messer (who is also playing at the festival). The International Summer Festival is producing and presenting the premiere of this innovative concert format, which will afterwards be shown at London’s Barbican and the Munich Kammerspiele, among others.

CONFERENCE OF TREES production leaflet (PDF download)

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Concept & Composition: Hendrik Weber Music: Hendrik Weber, Håkon Stene, Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg, Manuel Chittka Sound Engineer: Kassian Troyer Stage: Julius Fischötter Costumes: Carmen Gheorghe Light: Daniel Sørensen Production Manager: Hannes Stutz Thanks to: Friedrich Paravicini
Funded by: Musikfonds. Production: International Summer Festival Kampnagel Co-production: Münchner Kammerspiele, Barbican Centre, Schauspielhaus Bochum.The music program of the International Summer Festival 2018 is presented by ByteFM, Spex - Magazin für Popkultur and Hanseplatte.