3rd International Theremin Festival

The Third International Theremin Festival will take place on November 19 and 20 at GAM. The festival, dedicated to the first musical instrument that is played without being played, brings international artists from Germany, Switzerland and Japan in its third version.

Carolina Eyck, a prominent German thereminist, will present together with the German pianist Christopher Tarnow the work “Sonatas for theremin and piano”, original pieces written for theremin and of great interest to lovers of contemporary music. Carolina Eyck is one of the most important thereminists in the world with a wide repertoire of classical and contemporary music. He has made presentations in Europe, Japan and the United States and this will be his first visit to South America.

For the second time in Chile, the Japanese Nori Ubukata will perform, bringing a concert of experimental sounds, and launching the Theresyn, a new instrument that unifies all the characteristics of a theremin with those of a synthesizer.

Coralie Ehinger, director of the Node Festival (Switzerland), will present a repertoire where analogue sounds and the theremin are combined, generating delicate and ethereal environments. Thinking specifically about electronic musicians, he will also present a workshop on using the theremin as a controller for analog synthesizers.

In addition to the 4 concerts of the Theremin Festival, there are also traditional classes open to the general public and also to children, thus allowing everyone to get closer to this curious instrument and experiment with its electromagnetic waves. 

PROGRAM

Sat Nov 19

3:30 p.m. - Theremin workshop - 5:00 p.m. - Open class to the general public - 6:30 p.m. - Nori Ubukata Concert

Sun 20 Nov.

3:30 p.m. - Open class for children
5:00 p.m.