Exactly 10 years ago, Swiss musicians Tobias Preisig (violin) and Stefan Rusconi (church organ) released their album “LEVITATION”: an intense sonic journey into higher realms, which was performed live in 2018 during the summer festival at Kampnagel in Hamburg. In February, the two multi-award-winning musicians returned to St. Gertrud Church for several days to record their second album, “Palimpsest,” live. The result is seven pieces that, through a subtly pulsating dialogue between church organ, violin, and electronics, make the weightlessness implied by the project’s name, “LEVITATION,” almost physically tangible.
It is music with a transcendental dimension—and a preliminary highlight of an impressive artistic body of work. For Tobias Preisig, this includes the club duo Egopusher, solo albums, film scores, and collaborations with The Cinematic Orchestra and Colin Stetson. Stefan Rusconi’s work, in turn, ranges from the soundtrack to the Keith Jarrett film “Köln 75” to live compositions for choreographer Meg Stuart and studio albums that have won the Jazz Echo award.
The album release will take place in collaboration with the Kulturmarkt at the Zwinglihaus, located at Aemtlerstrasse 23.
Concert location: Zwinglihaus, Aemtlerstrasse 23, 8003 Zürich
Exactly 10 years ago, Swiss musicians Tobias Preisig (violin) and Stefan Rusconi (church organ) released their album “LEVITATION”: an intense sonic journey into higher realms, which was performed live in 2018 during the summer festival at Kampnagel in Hamburg. In February, the two multi-award-winning musicians returned to St. Gertrud Church for several days to record their second album, “Palimpsest,” live. The result is seven pieces that, through a subtly pulsating dialogue between church organ, violin, and electronics, make the weightlessness implied by the project’s name, “LEVITATION,” almost physically tangible.
It is music with a transcendental dimension—and a preliminary highlight of an impressive artistic body of work. For Tobias Preisig, this includes the club duo Egopusher, solo albums, film scores, and collaborations with The Cinematic Orchestra and Colin Stetson. Stefan Rusconi’s work, in turn, ranges from the soundtrack to the Keith Jarrett film “Köln 75” to live compositions for choreographer Meg Stuart and studio albums that have won the Jazz Echo award.
The album release will take place in collaboration with the Kulturmarkt at the Zwinglihaus, located at Aemtlerstrasse 23.
Concert location: Zwinglihaus, Aemtlerstrasse 23, 8003 Zürich