Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on „Ode to Joy“ for a Prepared Piano, 30 Sep 2022 — 30 Oct 2022
Exhibitions

Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on „Ode to Joy“ for a Prepared Piano

Neue Nationalgalerie presents Allora & Calzadilla's work Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on „Ode to Joy“ for a Prepared Piano. The 30-minute performance takes place eight times a day, on the hour from 10 am to 6 pm.

Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785 Berlin

Blending sculpture and performance, Allora & Calzadilla have carved a hole in the centre of an early twentieth century Bechstein piano, creating a void in which the performer stands to play the Fourth Movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, usually referred to as Ode to Joy. During the performance a pianist will lean over the piano’s keyboard, playing upside down and mirrored, while moving the instrument around the Mies van der Rohe‘s Hall.

Throughout the month-long exhibition the work will be performed by the following pianists: Ben Cruchley, Paolo Gorini, Eleni Mitrousia, Ido Ramot, Galina Ryzhikova, Marcin Wieczorek. Musical Director: Luca Ieracitano

Contacts & Details

OPENING TIMES: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun – 10am –6pm; Thu 10am –8pm

T: +49 30 266424242
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ADDRESS
Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785 Berlin
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