Simone Menezes and her adventurous Ensemble K have created a concert project using a new chamber arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade music, into which are woven excerpts from One Thousand and One Nights, ancient love poetry, and newly written dialogue to provide a contemporary look at the legendary character.
Boulez Saal in Berlin is presenting the live performance premiere on 26 September, in cooperation with Cartier.
I interviewed Simone Menezes and translator Yasmine Searle for the program book. The project has also been released as an album — more info here.
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MEMETERIA by Thomas May 