In the lute – a musical portrait of an instrument

A unique sound experience in the Ton Halle at the BTV Stadtforum. With the help of a multi-channel speaker system, the sound of the lute was electronically amplified, densified and spatialized. Not randomly, however, but according to the baroque intention, which always focuses on human expression! Original compositions in dialogue with the repertoire of former periods.

The historical instrument and the potential of today’s electronic equipment.

An immersive sound experience with music by David Bergmüller, Francesco da Milano, Robert de Visée and Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger, among others.

David Bergmüller

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Known for his “virtuoso lyricism” (Tiroler Tageszeitung) and his “extraordinarily subtle and intoxicating playing” (Liechtensteiner Volksblatt), David Bergmüller is one of the most rousing and multifaceted lutenists of his generation. His virtuoso performances range from historically informed performance practice to new compositions.

He composes for his own instruments and projects, but numerous other composers have also written works for him, including Pia Palme, Arturo Fuentes, Gilad Hochman, Manuel Durão or Franz Bauer.

David Bergmüller was the first lutenist to win the Franz Joseph Aumann Prize at the H.I.F. Biber Competition for Early Music. With his ensemble sferraina he was nominated for the German Record Critic’s Award in the category “Crossover Productions.”

Born in Hall in 1989, he started to learn guitar when he was eight years old. While studying classical guitar with Stefan Hackl at the Tyrolean State Conservatory, Bergmüller discovered his fascination for the lute. He attended master classes with Hopkinson Smith and Rolf Lislevand. In 2018, after graduating from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the State University of Music Trossingen, David Bergmüller became one of the youngest music professors appointed to the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. He currently lives in Vienna.

Florian Rabl

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Born in Rum in 1987, Rabl is a recording engineer and Tonmeister. He is in charge of various productions for such clients as the Vienna Boys’ Choir, Manu Delago, radio.string.quartet and Capella de la Torre. For his recordings he has won such awards as the Ö1 Pasticcio Prize and the Pizzicato Supersonic Award, and he has been nominated to the long list of the German Record Critic’s Award multiple times. In addition to his freelance work, he also works for the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna as a recording engineer and audiovisual infrastructure developer.

Concerts commissioned by INN SITU to date

INN SITU 1: RIGHT HERE!

Composition class of Franz Baur at the Tyrolean State Conservatory (TLK), Benedikt Huber, Elias Praxmarer, Andreas Trenkwalder, Manuel Zwerger

INN SITU 2: TIME LEAP

Walter Rumer and ensemble, double bassist of the ensemble “Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin”, head of the double bass class at the Tyrolean State Conservatory

INN SITU 3: MOUNTAINWORKS

Christof Dienz and ensemble, composer, bassoon and zither soloist

INN SITU 4: THE FAULT LINE

R.E.T. Brass Band musicians performing in various formations and conducted by Andreas Lackner

INN SITU 5: WUNDERKAMMER, INN SITU 6: LIGHT WORKS

(Concerts couldn’t take place during this time due to the pandemic)

INN SITU 7: THE PHOTO ALBUM

Tyrolean percussionist Tobias Steinberger with the sextet SEPP, the fire dancer Antonia Steinberger and the singer Anna Widauer