Female Composers Piano Marathon Vol. 2: "A Room Full of Voices"

Embedded in social and artistic issues of our time, pianist Fidan Aghayeva-Edler, together with Nina Guo (soprano) and Mareike Hein (actress, visual artist), presents more than 300 pieces by 115 female composers, including 20 world premieres.

In Piano Marathon Vol. 2: "A Room Full of Voices," pianist Fidan Aghayeva-Edler invites you for the second time after 2024 to a unique 24-hour classical music adventure. Together with director Teresa Reiber, they create an echo chamber that highlights the music, literature, and art of women. With literary and discursive texts from the avant-garde of the 20th and 21st centuries, with quotations from manifestos and correspondence, with poetry and statements written by the composers themselves, and inspired by performance artists such as Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono, and Meredith Monk, equipped with voice, pen, paint, and their own bodies, the artists enter into a dialogue with the composers and their works—and with the audience. Mind map and artwork, performance and concert: the audience is invited to experience and help shape this space "full of voices" for 24 hours.

Program:
20 world premieres by Barbara Mayer, Carolina Paschalides, Janet Graham, Fani Kosona, Rachel C. Walker, Fatima Mammadzada, Rosa Klee, Christine Donkin, Margarete Huber, Jobina Tinnemans, Vasya Biryukova, Charlotte Botterill, Daria Baiocchi, Elizabete Rudzinska, Julia Schwartz, Line Tjørnhøj, Alissa Voth, Ekaterina Khmelevskaya

Works (selection): Liza Lim, Margarete Huber, Marti Epstein, Olga Neuwirth, Karen Wimhurst, Frangis Ali-sade, Mayako Kubo, Jana De Troyer, Sarvenaz Safari, Carola Bauckholt, Jennifer Walshe, Eva-Maria Houben, Inna Onofrei, Nomi Epstein, Diana Čemerytė, Elo Masing, Katharina Roth, Meike Senker, Clare Loveday, Charlotte Seither, Lauren Bernofsky, Meredith Monk, Cathy Berberian, Galina Ustwolskaja, Ilse Fromm-Michaels, Ruth Crawford, Henriëtte Bosmans, Ethel Smyth, Grete von Zieritz, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Lili Boulanger, Cecile Chaminade, Clara Schumann, Otilie Suková, Mel Bonis, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Maria Szymanowska, Marianna von Martinez, Fanny Mendelssohn, Anna Bon di Venezia, Elisabetta de Gambarini, and many other female composers.

Kids Special: On May 17, there will be a children's program from 2:00 to 3:45 p.m. featuring children's pieces on the piano, many stories about the composers and the works performed, as well as interactive activities suitable for children.

Contributors:
Fidan Aghayeva-Edler: piano
Nina Guo: vocals and voice performance
Mareike Hein: recitation, performance, live drawing
Teresa Reiber: dramaturgy & direction

Tickets:
€40 (support + CD), €30 (support), €22 (regular), €10 students, persons with severe disability cards and medically necessary accompanying persons, children aged 12 and up, schoolchildren, parents accompanying their children, recipients of citizen's income. €5 children's ticket for children up to 12 years of age. Free seating. The ticket is valid for 24 hours and entitles the holder to multiple entries. The box office is open until the end of the event.
Access is barrier-free. Assistance for people with limited mobility can be provided upon advance notice.

Further information: Field Notes and Piano Marathon website

Organizer:
Teresa Reiber & Fidan Aghayeva-Edler in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth

Funding: inn Initiative Neue Musik

Photo © Lea Hopp