Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.
In the city’s sonorous Tonhalle, and under Parvo Järvi’s dynamic baton, works by Arvo Pärt, Ludwig von Beethoven, and Anton Bruckner make for a multi-coloured programme.
The season’s opening concert at Zurich’s historic Tonhalle features the world premiere of a commissioned work by Toshio Hosokawa, this season’s Focus Artist, and a symphony by Anton Bruckner.
Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra and Paavo Järvi celebrate music by American composers Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin, along with a work by Paul Hindemith.
Two markedly different sound worlds, both dating from 1935, recently made for a stunning concert at Zurich’s historic Tonhalle, where the juxtaposition was as curious as it was sonorous.
Blending the music of Monteverdi with lesser-known contemporaries, and even some pop, choreographer Christian Spuck takes leave of Zürich with a work that is as full of poetry as it is of emotional charge.
