Schraffur

presented by Chamber Made Opera
in association with
Speak Percussion and Aphids

Melbourne Recital Centre
6pm Monday March 5th 2012
Followed by a reception (included in ticket price) hosted by the Swiss Consulate

Tickets only $37.50
Bookings:
www.melbournerecital.com.au
+61 (0)3 9699 3333

World-renowned percussionist Fritz Hauser takes us on a meditative and intensely colourful journey across a landscape of overtones. Schraffur is the name for a playing technique that Fritz Hauser has developed to produce a remarkable array of sounds and effects with a single small gong. The ongoing pulsation opens doors to our phantasies and allows us to forget about time and space.

SCHRAFFUR exists in various other forms: As a duo for gongs, for percussion ensemble, for gong and orchestra (performed with the Basel Sinfonietta at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland), as a radio work, and as a season-opening performance at the Basel Theatre with 240 collaborators on stage.

However, the most radical form is the solo performance, which will be performed in the intimacy of the Melbourne Recital Centre's Salon.

‘Mr Hauser is simply one of the best drummers alive.’ New York Times

Fritz Hauser. Born 1953 in Basel, Switzerland.

Fritz Hauser develops solo programmes for drums and percussion, which he performs worldwide. He also creates cross-media works in the fields of architecture, theatre, dance, and opera, as well as compositions for percussion ensembles and percussion soloists, sound installations, radio plays, soundtracks for films, and readings.

Fritz Hauser has premiered the works of various composers and performs with improvising musicians around the globe. He is in Melbourne creating the world premiere of his new chamber opera, The Box, in collaboration with Swiss architect Boa Baumann.

SCHRAFFUR is to be released on an upcoming CD from the Paris CD label shiiin.

Supported by Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Consulate.
Thanks also to our newest sponsor Architecture Architecture.

Bookings:
www.melbournerecital.com.au
+61 (0)3 9699 3333

Chamber Made Opera Keyholders get a free ticket to Schraffur, but get your key quickly to secure your place.