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FRSOUNDS AT AN EXHIBITION – Listening to the paintings
Sounds at an exhibition is an interactive visit, conceived as an itinerant concert, where an unusual guide, a saxophonist, comments through the voice of her instrument the museum’s works of art.
There is a limited number of seats: you need to book by e-mail at musees-serviceeducatif@strasbourg.eu before July 11, 6pm.
Isabella Fabbri will perform as part of World Sax Day (www.worldsaxday.com)
Biography
Italian saxophonist, Isabella Fabbri is dedicated to the development of the contemporary repertoire for saxophone, to the improvisation and the electroacoustic music and to the research of new performances that combines different types of art. Co-founder of the mixed-media art collective Bateau-Lavoir, she gave the premier of many works dedicated to her. She performs as a soloist and with numerous ensembles at important european festivals (Italy, France, Portugal, Romania, Belgium, …) and she is a member of the European Contemporary Orchestra. After a Master in musicology at the University of Pavia and a Master in saxophone performance at the Milan Conservatory, she specialized in Philippe Geiss class at Strasbourg Conservatory.
More information
Sounds at an exhibition is an interactive visit that combines art and music: it’s a promenade listening to the “interior sound” of a museumʼs works of art. The visitors are accompanied on this tour by an unusual guide, a saxophonist, who describes through the voice of her instrument some selected works. The public is also invited by the musician to produce itself sounds or noises in order to experience a shared interpretation of the work of art. The premiere will take place at MAMCS for SaxOpen.