Nick Acorne
IX KLA VIER E
Performance
image: Mitya Fenechkin
Dates
5.–7.10.2023
Location
Helmut List Halle
Graz
Part of
musikprotokoll 2023
Production specifics
A production by Nick Acorne in cooperation with ORF musikprotokoll
Supported by the City of Graz, the Province of Styria, Klavierhaus Fiedler, and FH JOANNEUM
IX KLA VIER E is a musical performance in which Nick Acorne alternates between nine pianos. These are arranged spatially in three levels above each other, in an oversized type case, and not perfectly tuned to allow for microtonal harmonies while improvising. To be able to play on the six-meter-high construction, a climbing protection device is installed in the room, enabling the musician to move freely within the piano matrix.
In IX KLA VIER E, Acorne wants to take the idea of musical performance to the point of absurdity. He places the examination of time, sound, space, silence, and their combination at the center of his composition. Simultaneously with musikprotokoll, the Cornhub.today vinyl record is being released, on which Acorne plays the nine pianos simultaneously, thanks to multitrack technology.
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