It started with a dream: 50 pianos as one instrument. Georg Friedrich Haas has created a unique sound experience that is coming over us like a force of nature from the depths of the universe. With 11.000 Saiten, Georg Friedrich Haas explores a microtonal space for 50 pianists on just as many pianos and an ensemble.
The result is a unique concert installation. After its premiere at the Bolzano Festival Bozen (1 Aug. 2023), the first follow-up performance with the original version of the composition is part of the 2023 edition of Wien Modern festival: The ensemble of Klangforum Wien, together with 50 pianists from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW), will perform the thrilling piece for the first time in the Great Hall of the Wiener Konzerthaus (1 Nov. 2023).
MAKING OF: Georg Friedrich Haas and Peter Paul Kainrath in conversation with Bernhard Günther
01.11.2023, 18:30h Wiener Konzerthaus, Wotruba-Salon
Production Wien Modern, Klangforum Wien, Busoni-Mahler Foundation with the kind support of Hailun Pianos | Co-production mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Photo © Ricordi / Harald Hoffman
