Great composers. Old, classic and contemporary music. Violin, cello, grand piano and synthesizer. Held in the high-ceilinged entrance hall of the Stadtforum and with the intimate acoustics of the concert hall. For the INN SITU series, we invite international photographers to the region to develop a new exhibition that reflects their encounters with the Tyrol and Vorarlberg twice a year.

At the same time, for each exhibition we invite outstanding musicians and composers from Tyrol and Vorarlberg to stage a new concert which resonates with the photographer and his or her work. We have commissioned Vorarlberg-based composer Johanna Doderer to devise the concert format in response to Bettina von Zwehl’s exhibition WUNDERKAMMER.

Due to the coronavirus situation, the concerts on September 23 and 24, 2020 were canceled.

Johanna Doderer

has been performed to great critical acclaim in the great concert halls of the world alongside classical and contemporary repertoire. After years of engaging with techniques found in contemporary music, she has found her own compositional language that fully encompasses tonality. It is loved and keenly interpreted by eminent artists all around the world. Her collaborations and friendships with outstanding artists, such as Patricia Kopatchinskaja – to whom she dedicated her own violin concerto – Marlis Petersen, Angelika Kirchschlager and the Signum Saxophone Quartet form the very essence of her work.

Opera is the main focus of Johanna Doderer’s work. She is currently working on commissions for the Wiener Musikverein, which will be performed in 2020 to mark the anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, the Swedish O/Modernt Festival in Dalarna and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. In addition to works for chamber music orchestras, she has written several orchestral pieces. The premiere of Johanna Doderer’s latest opera Schubert’s Travels to Atzenbrugg (Schuberts Reise nach Atzenbrugg) is taking place during the 2020/2021 season in Munich. The work has been commissioned by the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz. Peter Turrini wrote the accompanying libretto.

The Ensemble

© Victor Marin Roman

Gabriel Meloni, piano

Gabriel Meloni is the winner of several competitions. In 2012 he won the third prize at the international “Jenö Takacs Competition” in Burgenland, as well as a third prize at the international piano competition “Nuova Coppa Pianisti” in Osimo (IT) in December 2019. He also won several first prizes and special prizes at the national competition “Prima La Musica “. He has already taken part in the “Vienna Young Pianists” masterclass in Vienna three times, where he won the interpretation prize twice and the Munich piano podium prize once. In October 2015 he took part in a master class with Lang Lang at the Wiener Musikverein, 10 out of 350 children worldwide were chosen for this camp. He attended other master classes with Paul Gulda, Pierre Réach, Michel Béroff, Pavel Gililov, Cristina Karajeva, Arnulf von Arnim, Ian Fountain and Ruben Dalibaltayan.

© Sebastian Kocon

Ádám Jávorkai, cello

“What the cellist got out of his instrument bordered on wizardry.” (Festival der Klänge, Vienna) He has performed as a soloist or chamber musician at many prestigious venues, including the Tokyo Opera City, Vienna’s Musikverein and Concert Hall, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Philharmonie Luxembourg. He was granted honorary membership of the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation by Baruch Tenembaum in 2014 for his work against discrimination and for promoting international understanding. Ádám Jávorkai plays a cello made by Antonio Stradivari in 1701.

© Georg Schiessler

Sándor Jávorkai, violin

The globally renowned violinist has been awarded first prize in numerous international music competitions for his profound musicality and virtuosity. He plays first violin with the Mozarthaus Vienna String Quartet and was granted a scholarship at the Herbert von Karajan Centre in Vienna. The artist was jointly awarded the title “Artist of the Year” by Jeunesse Vienna with his brother Ádám. He plays a rare violin made by Pietro Giovanni Guarneri (Pietro da Mantova) in 1696.

© Patrick Doderer

Patrick Doderer, synthesizer

Patrick Doderer attended a sound engineering course at the SAE Institute in Vienna. In 2015, he wrote the music score for the series Juwele des Landes by Georg Riha (ORF III, ARTE). He has also produced two music films with Sebastian Kubelka (2017). The artist primarily focuses on film editing, sound synthesis and collaborating with live musicians, combining electronic, film and contemporary music.