Horn

Whether as a member of Ensemble Musikfabrik or as a solo artist, Christine Chapman knows how to build bridges. With work spanning contemporary music and jazz, the horn player is also constantly forging links with members of different scenes and uniting tradition with new approaches. At MaerzMusik, she is presenting an ambitious programme exploring the possibilities of her instrument, its various historical and contemporary applications, and its possible further expansions. Performing on a variety of horns, Chapman will play pieces by young composers from the past eight years: Besides Dai Fujikura, Jing Wang, Manuel Hidalgo Navas, Payam Yousefi and Shasha Chen, the programme includes two works by Liza Lim and Nina Šenk, which Chapman will perform for the first time, as well as one by Ralf Wallin for two lurs and electronics, for which she will be supported by Marco Blaauw on the Norwegian lur, an early histroical trumpet. Through her selection, Chapman forges connections between the archaic and the modern, tradition and avant-garde, combining familiar sounds with unconventional playing techniques and subjecting them to sonic abstraction. She offers new perspectives on an instrument with a history that can be traced back some 17,000 years while putting the spotlight on an array of composers, some of whom are still waiting to be discovered.