GAIA Music Festival – Metamorphosis

“The only constant in life is change,” said Buddha. In this concert, GAIA offers musical metamorphoses: whether it be through the restructuring of the old – like Max Richter’s recomposition of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” – or as a journey toward a new, personal compositional style, as in Arvo Pärt’s “Tabula Rasa”. Richard Strauss lived through the upheavals of two world wars and underwent a profound inner transformation. Time flows, but music preserves moments of its metamorphosis.

The GAIA Music Festival is a collaborative festival for chamber music and ensembles. Following non-traditional paths in its quest for innovative ways of sharing music, GAIA strives to make classical music accessible and continuously pioneers conceptually-driven events which include established, rarely-played, contemporary and specially-commissioned repertoire, as well as alternative approaches to their presentation. Young talents make music with established masters. Works are placed in new contexts, enriched with fresh impulses and staged in a way that seeks proximity to the audience – making it possible to experience listening in a new way.

Following the 2024 edition of the festival that focused on people and their journeys, the 2025 edition is dedicated to “Residencies” and a sense of arrival – with over 30 works from four centuries at seven venues in Bern, Thun and Hilterfingen.

Musicians
Violin: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Nicolas Dautricourt, Jesper Gasseling, László G. Horváth, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Gareth Lubbe, Martin Moriarty, Ivan Vukčević
Cello: Attila Kónya, Samuel Niederhauser, Martina Schucan
Double Bass: Jordi Carrasco Hjelm
Prepared Piano: Caspar Vos

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