INTERFINITY

Escaping to another universe with this poem from the full-length piece Supramodal Parser by Alexander Schubert: Post Rave for singer, ensemble, electronics, haze and light. @alexanderschubert_composer @museumofnoart @paulinapitenko @den.linnik @rubenmattiasantorsa_guitarist @santivilma Light design: Nika Schönfelder Video: @musicianseyebasel Tanzhaus, Basel

Would you like to become part of the Interfinity circle of supporters? Come join our journey into the future! Register online now to join our Friends Circle: interfinity.ch/freundeskreis 🤝 Your valued engagement helps us to sustainably develop our unique interdisciplinary festival. Plus, you also get access to pre-concert events and exclusive content for Friends members – like this Exoplanets apero at the Messehalle, where we sampled “outer space” drinks and got a sneak preview of the monumental stage setup. Photos: @m.j.photo.s

👏 The legendary 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic returned to the Stadtcasino Basel for the first time since their acclaimed Basel debut in 2007. A full house at the Interfinity festival enthusiastically welcomed their explosive programme ranging from classical music to jazz-groove, chanson and tango. Interfinity Festival 2026 Basel, Switzerland Video: Martin Streitwolf & Oren Kirschenbaum @martin_streitwolf @oren_kirschenbaum

Le Slie’s – Interaction of Celestial Bodies @ Interfinity Festival 💫 Fabrizio Di Salvo and Roberto Maqueda present a newly developed instrument based on the physical principles of the legendary Leslie speaker – the rotating loudspeaker system developed in the 1940s for the Hammond organ, which became world-famous for its characteristic, floating, and expansive sound movement. Six metal sound discs, rotating in a circle around the audience, create a vibrating, room-filling sound field – an acoustic experience reminiscent of the movement of celestial bodies and connecting in a unique and innovative way to the exoplanet theme of the Interfinity Festival 2026. The performance took place in the imposing Maurerhalle at the Basel School of Applied Arts – a unique space whose industrial architecture and raw acoustics made the sound vividly tangible. The circular arrangement of the sound discs, combined with rotating light elements, transforms the space itself into an instrument – an immersive, technically precise sound installation at the intersection of music, machine, and perception. Fabrizio Di Salvo: Instrument, Music Roberto Maqueda: Music, Performance Alexander Buers: Technical Realisation Video: @musicianseyebasel

🔥 Understanding bursts of electromagnetic energy in a new way thanks to this world premiere of @sarahnemtsov ‘s “EMP” for electric guitar and amplified violin. A highlight was having Sarah in the audience with us to celebrate the piece, which she composed specifically for these performers, Yaron Deutsch and Irvine Arditti, back in 2023. Sound engineer: Jonas Prina Video and editing: Santiago Villar From the world premiere at the Interfinity Festival, bridging science and the arts in Basel, Switzerland

In the multi-layered piece Supramodal Parser by @alexanderschubert_composer we explored the inner cosmos, the subconscious. An ecstatic, singular experience. @museumofnoart , @paulinapitenko , @den.linnik , @santivilma , @rubenmattiasantorsa_guitarist @tanzhausbasel Light design: Nika Schönfelder Video: @musicianseyebasel

Claude Nicollier opened the 2026 Interfinity Festival “Exoplanets and Cosmos” with reflections on his own experiences with space travel. Festival director Lukas Loss took the opportunity to have a conversation with the only Swiss astronaut who has ever been to space 🌖 Video: @martin_streitwolf #esa #space #festival

Les Nuages de Magellan by Tristan Murail for electric guitar, two ondes martenots, and percussion truly made us experience the cosmos at @tanzhausbasel , performed by @yarondeutsch , Ludovic van Hellemont, Tatiana Touliankina, and @estebagno . Video by @santivilma / @musicianseyebasel

Thinking back to this heavenly concert matinée, when the voices of the Latvian Radio Choir carried us to distant spheres in the beautiful Pauluskirche Basel. Video: @martin_streitwolf / @oren_kirschenbaum

In March, you could hear the stars ✨ @aparksmusic and his trio – with @cornelianilssondrums and Anders Christensen – brought the cosmos to @perron_basel with a program uniquely curated for Interfinity 2026. Video: @martin_streitwolf / @oren_kirschenbaum

Happy Easter from Interfinity! As we look back on this year’s festival, we’ll be sharing some of the many highlights we were privileged to experience in Basel over the coming months. We begin with @mauricesteger & @ilpdo in this fulminant opening concert. Video: @martin_streitwolf / @oren_kirschenbaum

We’re still not over this – are you? Exoplanets – what a journey! 📸 @m.j.photo.s