The Rise / Ictus Ensemble

Experimental opera by Eva Reiter and Michiel Vandevelde – Hamburg International Music Festival

The Rise
The Rise © Bea Borgers
Ictus Ensemble
Ictus Ensemble © Christophe Urbain
The Rise
The Rise © Bea Borgers
  • Start 19:00

  • End ca. 20:30

The sound of the gesture

What would happen if humanity could pass through the gateway to the underworld and restart once again in another realm? Eva Reiter’s experimental opera »The Rise«, written on the basis of poems by the Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Louise Glück and staged by choreographer Michiel Vandeveldes, acts out this vision. Deaf actor Ruben Grandits, whose gestures are converted into intoxicating sounds via sensors on his hands, acts in the spotlight. As master of ceremonies, he directs the other people on the stage with his gestures and sounds.

A new language, a new company and a new music emerge in the interaction of instruments specifically built for this purpose, electronically transformed sounds and the movements of the performers. The specially designed instruments visually transform movement into sounds. Music, dance and language merge into image and sound – »The Rise« is, consequently, equally accessible to deaf and hearing people.

Performers

Ictus

Dirk Descheemaeker musician
Hanna Kölbel musician
Michael Schmid musician
Eva Reiter musician

Ruben Grandits narrator

Lore Binon soprano

Amanda Barrio Charmelo dance

Nathan Felix-Rivot dance

Antoine Roux-Briffaud dance

Aure Wachter dance

Eva Reiter concept, stage direction, set design

Michiel Vandevelde concept, stage direction, choreographie, set and light design

Programme

Eva Reiter
The Rise

A coproduction of Musica Festival Strasbourg, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Concertgebouw Brugge, IRCAM – Centre Pompidou, KWP und Perpodium

Supporting programme

Wed, 21 May 2025 20:30
Artist’s Talk, Kampnagel, K2

Festival

Hamburg International Music Festival

Promoter: HamburgMusik / Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik

A co-production of Musica Festival Strasbourg, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Concertgebouw Brugge, IRCAM – Centre Pompidou and Perpodium

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