THE GAP
Katharina Rosenberger & co.
Katharina Rosenberger & co.
La Bâtie-Festival de Genève
Salle du Faubourg
Rue des Terreaux-du-Temple 6/8,
1201 Geneva
Subscription concert
INVITATION TO THE
SEASON OPENING APERITIF
CONTRECHAMPS: HERE
OTHER DATE
PROGRAM
THE GAP – Performance installation
searching for the loophole in time
(premiere 2025)
Installation music theater for
ensemble by Katharina Rosenberger,
Matthias Rebstock, Betina Kuntzsch,
Sabine Hilscher and the ensembles
Collegium Novum Zürich and
Contrechamps
Based on motifs by Franz Kafka and Hannah Arendt
CONCEPT AND DEVELOPMENT
Katharina Rosenberger – Composition, sound installations
Matthias Rebstock – Mise-en-scène, text
Betina Kuntzsch – Video
Sabine Hilscher – Scenography, costumes
Markus Brunn – Lighting design
PROLOGUE
Katharina Rosenberger – Composition
Azra Ramić , Miao Shuyue Zhao – Improvisation, Bass Clarinets
Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn – A Body of Seemingly, Installation
SOLO
Brian Archinal – improvisation, drums
INSTALLATION COURSE
Archive
Performance String Trio & Turntables
Katharina Rosenberger – Composition, Installation
Maximilian Haft – Violin
Ingrid Schoenlaub – Violoncello
Noëlle Reymond – Double bass
Catherine Traveletti – Voice
Gwen Kyra – Voice
Topographies
Katharina Rosenberger, Louis Delignon – Installation
Transience
Brian Archinal – Concept Instrumentation, Improvisation
Writing Salon
Katharina Rosenberger – Composition, Installation
Leandro Gianini – Installation
Barbara Baker – Voice
Martin Ostermeier – Voice
Time Machine
Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn – performance, improvisation, chimeracord
Gilles Grimaître – sound design, improvisation, synthesizers
Solo: New Beginning
Simon Aeschimann – composition, electric guitar
Final act
Katharina Rosenberger – Composition
Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn – A Body of Seemingly, Performance
PARTICIPATING ENSEMBLES
COLLEGIUM NOVUM ZÜRICH
Matthias Arter – Oboe
Sascha Armbruster – Saxophone
Azra Ramić – Clarinet / Bass Clarinet
Jens Bracher – Trumpet
Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn – Trombone
Brian Archinal – Percussion
Gilles Grimaître – Synthesizer
ENSEMBLE CONTRECHAMPS
Susanne Peters – Flutes
Miao Shuyue Zhao – Clarinet / Bass Clarinet
Serge Bonvalot – Tuba
Simon Aeschimann – Electric Guitar
Maximilian Haft – Violin
Ingrid Schoenlaub – Cello
Noëlle Reymond – Double Bass
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
Louis Delignon - Development of Topographies
Leandro Gianini - Development of Sound Installations
Jakob Schneider – Technical Management
Sébastian Graz – Lighting
David Passionnier – Audio
Adrien Iseli – Audio
Tristan Ihne – Technology
Samuel Albert – Sound Recording
David Pestalozzi & Team – Construction of the percussion installation «Skeleton»
Lorenz Gygax – Construction of the «Skeleton»
Quirin Stiffler – Dismantling of the «Skeleton»
Andreas Edelblut – Collaboration with the stage construction archive
Lisa Fütterer – Collaboration with the paper installation
Lea Theus – Project Management
Eva Marie Herbert – Communication
Guillermo De La Jara – Installation supervisor, production assistant
Daniel Goldstein – Installation supervisor
Florencia Novoa de Ferari – Installation supervisor
Edith Oberson – Installation supervisor, production assistant
THE GAP is a co-production of Collegium Novum Zürich, Ensemble Contrechamps, and the FreqWerker association.
PARTNERS
Ville de Genève
Pro Helvetia
Loterie Romande
La Bâtie – Festival de Genève
Haute école de musique de Genève
Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)
Centre ARTeM
THANKS TO
Hortense Airault
Famille Baker
Maya Boesch
Hilario Flores Coni
Marco Fusi
Björn Glaus
Eric Larrieux
Micha Seidenberg
Dalius Singer
Daniel Studer
Inspired by Kafka, The Gap takes the form of an installation-performance-concert in which nothing unfolds linearly. It is a machine for traveling through space and time – a continuum suspended between past and future, decay and renewal – featuring fourteen performers, speakers, video and a distinctive set design.
To know more about THE GAP experience: here
Before the premiere of THE GAP, we are pleased to invite you to the Contrechamps 2025-2026 season opening aperitif on Saturday 30 August from 7.30 pm at the Café Gavroche in Geneva. This will be an opportunity to discover the season and chat informally over a drink.
Free admission
Video: 13.06.2025
First musical explorations for the archive installation area – THE GAP
String trio and turntables – Ensemble Contrechamps
Research Labs #2 @ Les 6 Toits, Geneva
A snapshot of Maximilian Haft – violin, Ingrid Schoenlaub – cello (guest musician), Virgile Vienne – double bass (guest musician)
