Scenography for Carte Blanche by @sinabschnitt
12.04.2025
Martin Church Sindelfingen
Carte Blanche is a collaboration between @simonhoefele and @thomaspfaffinger with a scenography by @sinabschnitt
Concept and Composition: @thomaspfaffinger
Performer: @simonhoefele
Scenography: @sinabschnitt
Scenography Assistant: @aehntv
Set Assistant: @lasse.voss
Set Assistant: @miguel_kirste
Sound Technician: @innhverfur
In this “Carte Blanche”, Thomas Pfaffinger and Simon Höfele interweave the boundaries between sound, performance and spatiality to create a multi-sensory experience. This concert performance for trumpet and electronics explores the multi-layered relationship between artist and audience, questioning the nature of self-reflection in the context of the performing arts. Pfaffinger’s compositional work unfolds in a captivating dialog between sound and silence, proximity and distance. The solo part, played by internationally renowned trumpet player Simon Höfele, becomes the voice of the self - sometimes gently whispering, sometimes forcefully proclaiming. Electronic soundscapes play around this acoustic self, distorting it, expanding it and thus creating a field of tension between human expression and technological manipulation.
The immersive experience is completed by the scenography, developed by Sina Neumann. Light, sculptural objects and spatial design merge into a visual score that transfers the thematic essence of self-reflection into an almost physical dimension.
Photo: @miguel_kirste
Still feeling the energy from last Saturday’s premiere of Carte Blanche - a truly special night of sound, space, and light.
Performing @thomaspfaffinger new work in the dark beauty of the Martinskirche, surrounded by @sinabschnitt powerful scenography, was an unforgettable experience.
Can’t wait to bring this piece to life again soon!
Swipe for some impressions (wonderful pics by @miguel_kirste ) - including a few close-ups I captured during rehearsal (but you wouldn’t know, would you?)
#carteblanche #newmusic #thomaspfaffinger #soundart #performanceart #contemporarymusic #trumpet #trumpetsolo
Carte Blanche
12.04.2025
Martin Church Sindelfingen
Carte Blanche is a collaboration between @simonhoefele and @thomaspfaffinger with a scenography by @sinabschnitt
Concept and Composition: @thomaspfaffinger
Performer: @simonhoefele
Scenography: @sinabschnitt
Scenography Assistant: @aehntv
Set Assistant: @lasse.voss
Set Assistant: @miguel_kirste
Sound Technician: @innhverfur
In this “Carte Blanche”, Thomas Pfaffinger and Simon Höfele interweave the boundaries between sound, performance and spatiality to create a multi-sensory experience. This concert performance for trumpet and electronics explores the multi-layered relationship between artist and audience, questioning the nature of self-reflection in the context of the performing arts. Pfaffinger’s compositional work unfolds in a captivating dialog between sound and silence, proximity and distance. The solo part, played by internationally renowned trumpet player Simon Höfele, becomes the voice of the self - sometimes gently whispering, sometimes forcefully proclaiming. Electronic soundscapes play around this acoustic self, distorting it, expanding it and thus creating a field of tension between human expression and technological manipulation.
The immersive experience is completed by the scenography, developed by Sina Neumann. Light, sculptural objects and spatial design merge into a visual score that transfers the thematic essence of self-reflection into an almost physical dimension.
Photo: @miguel_kirste
