Diabelli Machines #5 is an outcome of the collaboration between the ME21 Collective and the Frankfurt based Ensemble Interface. This collaboration was preceeded by a two weeks long residency of the Ensemble Interface at the Orpheus Institute. The performance was integral part of the International Orpheus Academy for Music and Theory 2016, convened by Paulo de Assis with the tilte "Virtual Works / Actual Things".
Paulo de Assis, concept, piano and direction // Kurt Dreyer, stage direction // ME21 Collective: Lucia D'Errico, guitars / Juan Parra C., live-electronics // Ensemble Interface: Bettina Berger, flutes / Niels Hap, clarinets / Marieke Berendsen, violin / Christophe Mathias, cello / Agneszka Koprowska, percussion / Anna D'Errico, piano // Special guests: Benjamin Widmer, bariton & projection / Katlyn Dreyer, lighting.
