Theremin playing workshop as part of MENT Festival!



DATE: 1 February | Interview at 4 pm, workshops at 5 pm (already full) and 6 pm
MENTOR: Dorit Chrylser
LOCATION: Kino Šiška, Trg Prekomorskih brigad 3, 1000 Ljubljana
REGISTRATION: delavnica@ljudmila.org

About the workshop

You’re kindly invited for an exclusive theremin workshop with globally acclaimed thereminist Dorit Chrysler. You’ll learn the basics of playing this magical instrument, with some time left over for experimentation and questions.

Theremin, an instrument still unrecognized and intangible: Invented 1919 by the Russian physicist Lev Termen on a background of espionage and surveillance system, the theremin creates an illusion and deceives the eye: a box equipped with two antennas, this revolutionary mythical instrument, is the first electric instrument in existence and functions solely on transforming motion into sound -the theremin is often named the dinosaur of electronic music. Manipulated without contact, without reference marks and without instructions, it is difficult to tame and its non-academic techniques of play and composition are multiple - still not established and shunned by scholarly music and conservatories(not taught), used by rare Composers of contemporary music (Varese) and slowly recovered by the popular culture (soundtracks of fantastic films), the Theremin is endowed with super-musical and imaginary power.

About the mentor

Dorit Chrysler is an internationally renowned composer, producer, and singer, and one of the few theremin virtuosos described in superlatives by global media. In her solo work, the proclaimed “supreme sorceress, goddess or mistress of the theremin” flirts with various genres, from pop and electronica to classical and film music. She has performed with the San Francisco Symphonic Orchestra, at CERN in Switzerland and the Coachella and Roskilde festivals, as well as composed music for films and TV series (for example, Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom). She regularly collaborates and performs with artists such as Cluster, Trentemøller, Elliot Sharp, Chicks on Speed, Faust, Marilyn Manson, Lee Hazlewood and Adult. Her latest solo album “Avalanche” was produced by Anders Trentemøller. Dorit Chrysler lives and works in New York, and is the founder of the NY Theremin Society and the first theremin school for children, KidCoolThereminSchool.

Registration

WORKSHOP IS FULL!

Workshop attendance is free. The workshop will be held in English and is suitable for persons older than 15 years. Apply in advance at: delavnica@ljudmila.org. The number of participants is limited.

Organised by Kino Šiška and MENT Festival in collaboration with Ljudmila, Art and Science Laboratory and Projekt Atol Institute.

With support from Ministry of Culture and Municipality of Ljubljana, Department for Culture.