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GENEVIEVE MURPHY BAND: Ein Performatives Konzert
GENEVIEVE MURPHY BAND: A performative concert
Event by: Neuköllner Oper
Location: Job Point Neukölln, Karl-Marx-Straße 131-133, Berlin - Bezirk Neukölln
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A band on stage: vocals, guitars, faces and bodies moving to the beat, outfits shining in the light - this is a concert, right? Or is it perhaps a disguised theatrical performance? Scottish composer and performer Genevieve Murphy loves to blur these boundaries. With her band and a set of self-written songs, she focuses on the bizarre rituals of musical performances: she exaggerates them, twists them and shows how theatrical every concert already is. Murphy owns the NO stage on three evenings. As she plays with her band, she playfully questions their dynamics to find out and reveal what's really happening between musicians on stage.
Murphy combines contemporary classical music with performance and visual art to create dynamic, glittering soundscapes: "I like to write catchy melodies that draw the listener into the music and at the same time leave them hanging in the air. Music can build tension in such an incredible way - create the feeling that something is about to happen, and at the same time that we may never get there.” Included are saxophone, drums, piano - and lots of surprises.
Based on personal experiences, Murphy deals with topics such as psychology and disability. At the same time, she is interested in the use of comedy in music and performance. She studied composition in Glasgow, Birmingham and The Hague and now lives in Amsterdam. Over the course of her career, she has worked with a variety of collaborators, including Turner Prize winner Martin Creed and neuropsychologist Erik Scherder.
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Murphy combines contemporary classical music with performance and visual art to create dynamic, glittering soundscapes: "I like to write catchy melodies that draw the listener into the music and at the same time leave them hanging in the air. Music can build tension in such an incredible way - create the feeling that something is about to happen, and at the same time that we may never get there.” Included are saxophone, drums, piano - and lots of surprises.
Based on personal experiences, Murphy deals with topics such as psychology and disability. At the same time, she is interested in the use of comedy in music and performance. She studied composition in Glasgow, Birmingham and The Hague and now lives in Amsterdam. Over the course of her career, she has worked with a variety of collaborators, including Turner Prize winner Martin Creed and neuropsychologist Erik Scherder.
In English