“here now” is a electro-acoustic work created by Rebecca Minten during her stay at the Microtonal Music Studio. Clarinet and accordion players connect with sounds of the local soundscape heard, recorded and processed by an artist passing by Finnish frozen landscapes for the very first time.

Clarinet : Rebecca Minten
Accordion : Laura Mehmeti

Myymälä2, starting at 18.00, Wednesday 21.02.2024

 
Rebecca Minten (she/her) is a multifaceted bass and contrabass clarinet player based in Switzerland. Her practice tries to focus on new and electronic music, transdisciplinary creations, and free improvisation but curiosity leads her to many more artistic activities.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts as well as a Master in Music Performance from the Bern University of the Arts where she’s been studying until 2023 in the class of Ernesto Molinari.

Currently, she works on electro-acoustic compositions with sound artist Luz Gonzalez, explores the potential of alternative performance formats with her collective IPSO and performs with various new music or improvisation ensembles in Switzerland and abroad. Rebecca also co-founded the balkan/klezmer band Tzupati Orchestra that has been active since 2018.

Laura Mehmeti discovered the accordion at the age of eight with Sylvain Tissot at the Broye Conservatory. Since 2019 she has been studying accordion as a major at the “Luzern University of Music” in Anne-Maria Hölscher’s class. Laura is a winner of various competitions such as the Swiss Accordion Competition (SAC), the Swiss Youth Music Competition (SJMW), the Trophée mondiale de l’accordéon and the Compétition Internationale de l’Accordéon in Reinach AG. She took part in the International Academy Agora several times, where she had the opportunity to take lessons with Vincent Lhermet, Marie-Andrée Joerger, Bjarke Mogensen and other renowned accordionists. She also attended the Weimar master class with Hugo Noth at the Franz List University of Music in Weimar. As a musician, Laura is interested in the entire repertoire that she can play on the accordion.