The Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival, which takes place in Basel from January 29 to February 2, 2025, is dedicated to the human theme of exile: 120 million people worldwide are on the run, 1.5% of the world's population are displaced persons. Jews have always been confronted with exile, emigration, diaspora, and galut (the forced life outside the "Promised Land" of Israel). Under the guiding principle of exile, Mizmorim presents around 30 artists and ensembles, two world premieres and several Swiss premieres.
In 1918, the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky created a work of unmistakable sound—“Histoire du soldat,” based on a text by the Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. Mizmorim Artist in Residence Janiv Oron uses electronic interventions to create a new interpretation of this perpetually topical story. Andrea Tortosa Vidal (dance), Klaus Brömmelmeier and Silke Gäng (actors), and Markus Güdel (light design) will perform with the Mizmorim Festival Ensemble under the direction of Ilya Gringolts (violin).
Tickets are CHF 20-50.

Website
mizmorim.com/programms/geschichte-vom-soldaten

Where
Stadtcasino Basel
Konzertgasse 1
4051 Basel

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