ROUND TABLE WITH MUSICAL INTERLUDES
Who wears the pants in Luxembourg operetta?
Organized by MuGi.lu (Music and Genre in Luxembourg, uni.lu) in cooperation with the Wiltz choirs
Choir: Oh, would we swim freely all over the water! Anywhere else than at the swimming pool
Trio: MUMM SÉIS, PROCHMATES, HEXENTOMMES: Once upon a time there was a gunner
Duo: KäTTéI, MUMM SéIS: Mimi, you can’t direct me. It’s lucky to have a husband
Solo: HEXENTOMMES: I am a great master sorcerer
Choir: Here’s another fun way to go jogging. No. 2-5 by Mumm Séis
June 29, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
Wiltz Castle, Knights’ Hall
Plitsch, platsch! Mehr als hundert Jahre nach der einmaligen Aufführung des Musicals An der Schwemm (1922) der luxemburgischen Komponistin Lou Koster wird nun eine Adaption beim Festival de Wiltz aufgeführt. Der Schriftsteller und Journalist Batty Weber verfasste damals das Libretto in luxemburgischer Sprache. Inszeniert wird die Geschichte von Lory, einer selbstsicheren Schwimmerin, die im Schwimmbad den Avancen des Beamten Zengerlé widersteht und sich zugleich in den schönen Soldaten und Schwimmlehrer Reddy verliebt. Das Schwimmbad symbolisiert den Schmelztiegel des gesellschaftlichen Lebens der 1920er Jahre. Die Bühne gehört ganz und gar der Hauptfigur, die für ihre Freiheit wirbt.
Belarus, she was trained at the Academy of Music in Minsk where she obtained a Master’s in instrumental performance (piano) and graduated as a piano teacher and chamber artist. She then worked at the Philharmonic of Brest, Belarus, as a concert pianist.After moving to Luxembourg in 2008, she turned to contemporary composition and began studying writing and musical analysis at the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, of which she won two first prizes. In 2015, she won first prize in the Senior section at the International Composition Competition “Artistes en Herbes” in Luxembourg. A year later, Tatsiana Zelianko obtained governmental artist status in Luxembourg.She has to her credit several dozen of diverse and varied musical creations. The composer has already carried out a large number of musical commissions in Luxembourg in collaboration with Noise Watchers Unlimited, the CAPe, National Literature Center of Mersch, Ensemble Lucilin, Ars Musica, the CID | Fraen an Gender, the Philharmonie Luxembourg and the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg.Her partitions have been created in other countries such as France, UK, Belarus and Bulgaria. Since 2013, her works have been included in the catalog of the “Luxembourg Music Publishers a. s. b. l.» bringing together Luxembourgish composers.In 2015, she carried out several State commissions, including one from the Philharmonie Luxembourg as part of the Rainy Days Festival in co-production with the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg. The 90-minute work was composed for a cine-concert based on Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Lodger. Its world premiere was performed by United Instruments of Lucilin under the direction of David Reiland, on November 25, 2015 at the Philharmonie Luxembourg.