Musiktheatralität im Schaffen von Georges Aperghis

Georges Aperghis' musical universe: where boundaries blur and sound becomes theater

Benjamin Scheuer's interdisciplinary research work provides a fascinating insight into the work of Greek-French composer Georges Aperghis. It focuses on his unique musical theatricality, which consistently breaks down conventional boundaries between concert and stage, music and language, body and instrument.

The analysis reveals how Aperghis uses minimalist material to create complex soundscapes in which musicians become performers and the human voice becomes a field of experimentation. His works deliberately reject linear narrative structures and instead open up ambiguous spaces of experience in which physical presence and sound merge inseparably.

This is particularly impressive in his seminal work Le corps à corps, which redefines the relationship between performer, instrument, and audience. Scheuer deciphers Aperghis' compositional strategies, which range from theatrical concerts to multimedia spectacles and always focus on the physicality and vulnerability of human beings.

An indispensable key to understanding contemporary music theater for anyone interested in the intersection between musical expression and theatrical gesture.

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