[Zurich] DADA-Remix @OnTour

What was really sounding in the Zurich Dada soirées? 🤔
The familiar story tells: a group of radical artists gathers in neutral Switzerland in the middle of the First World War, provokes the bourgeoisie, and shakes the art world. It’s a good story.
It’s just not entirely true.
The music of the Zurich soirées was, unlike the texts, surprisingly tame.
Audiences applauded. Only the last of the eight soirées ended in uproar, triggered not by music, but by texts. The most-performed composer of Zurich Dada, Hans Heusser, quietly disappeared into brass band music post-movement and never once spoke publicly about his Dada years. The supposedly internationalist movement helped itself freely to music and dance from the African continent. And the women who contributed substantially to the movement were barely mentioned when the story was told later.
DADA-Remix confronts these contradictions, without reverence, but with curiosity.
Ilona Perger (1992*)
"Münder sind schwarze Löcher: (2026)*
for Ensemble and Voice
Friedemann Treiber (1971*)
Palimpsest (2026)*
for Pianoquartett
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson (1951*)
“No. 5.” text by Hans Arp (2026)*
for Ensemble and Voice
Irene Galindo Quero (1985*)
"Emmy" text by Emmy Hennings (2026)*
for Ensemble and Tape
Hans Heusser (1892-1942)
"Tiefgelben Rosen" text by Hans Roelli
for piano and voice
Hans Heusser (1892-1942)
Novelette
for piano solo
*World premiere
Ensemble Aventure:
Phoebe Bognár, Flöte
Andrea Nagy, Klarinette
Akiko Okabe, Klavier
Nicholas Reed, Schlagzeug
Friedemann Treiber, Violine
Miho Kawai, Viola (a. G.)
Ellen Fallowfield, Violoncello
Anne-May Krüger, Mezzosoprano
Admission: €20 / Reduced: €15
Free entry for school pupils, students & Freiburg Pass holders
Tickets available at the evening box office or via:
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Supported by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts; the City of Freiburg; the City of Bern; the SUISA Foundation; Culture Basel-Stadt/Basel-Landschaft; the City of Zurich; and Pro Helvetia.