Running time:
2 parts by 55 minutes
2 parts by 55 minutes
12+
3 June 2022 Friday
19.00
Grand hall
19.00 Grand hall
Persymphans
“Tales”
On stage, they always sit in circle: face to face, with their backs to the audience. The stage lacks a podium for conductor. There’s no actual conductor at all, for every musician is important while each and every one is a virtuoso soloist.
The contemporary Persymphans is the ensemble recreated under the same moniker in 2008 by pianist/composer Petr Aidu as its predecessor, and like the early Soviet-times Persymphans it’s a conductor-free orchestra. That Persymphans was born five years after the October Revolution, and it advocated ideas of equality and brotherhood. The orchestra had no conductor – it was its basic principle – and it is still remembered as one of the most daring avant-garde projects ever.
Though the 21st century iteration of Persymphans is not the exact copy of 1920’s original version, it does follow the traditions laid by the predecessor: collective leadership instead of conductor’s dictatorship, unusual seating pattern (in circle, not in a row, in order to have eye contact), and repertoire that mixes classics with music of early 20th century composers.
The contemporary Persymphans is the ensemble recreated under the same moniker in 2008 by pianist/composer Petr Aidu as its predecessor, and like the early Soviet-times Persymphans it’s a conductor-free orchestra. That Persymphans was born five years after the October Revolution, and it advocated ideas of equality and brotherhood. The orchestra had no conductor – it was its basic principle – and it is still remembered as one of the most daring avant-garde projects ever.
Though the 21st century iteration of Persymphans is not the exact copy of 1920’s original version, it does follow the traditions laid by the predecessor: collective leadership instead of conductor’s dictatorship, unusual seating pattern (in circle, not in a row, in order to have eye contact), and repertoire that mixes classics with music of early 20th century composers.