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The Cortona Orchestra ¬- a Labyrinth of Sounds
John Wolf Brennan
J.W. Brennan
“Celtic Roots and Swiss Watchmaker Precision” (The Wire, London)
Born in Dublin/Ireland. Composer, performer, improvisor, pianist and organist. Acknowledged as “one of the most creative European musicians”. His latest albums and projects include the installation Inner and Outer Spaces (Kunstmuseum Luzern, with Susanne Hofer) The Speed of Dark (solopiano), FAKE FOLK (Pago Libre), platzDADA! (Deutscher Schallplattenpreis 2009), Whirligigs (Triangulation w/Christy Doran, Patrice Héral & Bruno Amstad), MOMENTUM 5 (w/Thomas K.J.Mejer & Gerry Hemingway), KOSOVAMBIENT SONG/Broken Dreams (w/Alexandra Prusa, Peter Gossweiler & Nesim Maxhumi) and Melos Montis (w/yodel singer Franziska Wigger & Hanspeter Wigger). For his “innovative work as composer“ he was awarded the Prix de la Fondation SUISA in 2002 and the prestigious UBS culture award in 2008. His continued interest in the relationship between art and science and has made him a dedicated Cortona tutor from the very beginning. Lives in Weggis, Lake Lucerne.
Workshop
In the true adventurous x-perimental spirit of Cortona (around Core Tone A), everybody is invited to bring his/her own instrument (including, of course, the voice as primal source). Together we shall dig out (and dig) some spontaneous sonorous objets trouvés, turn them into SONIC ROOTS, searching, dis-covering and mapping highways and byways through this collective LABYRINTH of sounds, hopefully finding the way back! For the final evening, we might collaborate with the drums and other departments, drum up the moon, conspire with the birds...
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