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Tonight, Fr Nov 10th, 20h at Philharmonie Köln
& Sun Nov 12th, 18h at Philharmonie Essen - two concerts with @ensemblenikel &
WDR orchestra & Peter Rundel (cond)

Finally, after working on it for several years, my Tetralogy TZIMTZUM for Nikel ensemble and Orchestra will have its premiere (the full cycle - 70 minutes long) this Sunday at festival Essen NOW!

Two pieces (Tikkun & WP K'lipot) of the Tetralogy will be played at @koelnerphilharmonie
tonight.

The cycle is inspired by kabbalistic myths of creation, images, concepts:
I) Reshimot (imprints, 2020) for soloists, winds, brass, percussion, timpani, pno and harps (no strings)
II) Sh'virah (shattering, 2020) for soloists only
IV) Tikkun (repair/healing, 2021) for soloists, strings and percussion
III) K'lipot (shells, 2023) for soloists and large orchestra

[I decided to change the order - considering the broken state of our world - tikkun olam, the process of healing the world (everyone to be part of) seems far, a hope yet, a vision to pursue (hopefully)]

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"And when enough holy sparks have been gathered, the broken vessels will be restored, and Tikkun Olam, the repair of the world, awaited for so long, will finally be complete. Therefore it should be the aim of everyone to raise these sparks from whereever they are imprisoned and to elevate them to holiness by the power of their soul." (Isaac Luria, from the book of Zohar)

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Thank you, Nikel - Yaron Deutsch, Patrick Stader, Antoine Françoise and Brian Archinal! - Peter Rundel and the WDR Orchestra and WDR sound magicians - for bringing light to everything!
Special thanks to Patrick Hahn! And to my publisher Ricordi.

#wdrorchester #nikelensemble #nikel #philharmoniekoeln #essennow #contemporarymusic #orchestra #band #eguitar #sarahnemtsov #kabbala #tikkunolam #klipot #tzimtzum #shvirathakelim #stringorchestra #glass #ricordi @wdr @ricordi_ump @yarondeutsch @patrick_stadler_ @b_archinal #antoinefrançoise #peterrundel #wdrsinfonieorchester by @sarahnemtsov

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3 years ago

(Inmidst a dark world) I can share something positive and very important to me: finally the digital archive of my mother's art is ready and online!

www.elisabeth-naomi-reuter.com

My mother Elisabeth Naomi Reuter was an amazing artist with a manifold and unique voice. She studied in the 1960ies at the Werkkunstschule Hanover (among her teachers was Bauhaus photographer Umbo). After her studies she lived as a freelance artist and illustrator. Her art was always uncompromising, sometimes uncomfortable. In her work she often sought the bizarre, the uncommon or outcasted. She liked broken colours, very fine brushes and hard pencils. The works of the 1970ies have almost no people, but insects, bugs, bizarre creatures, whereas her late works till her death (Nov 2017) were focusing mainly on the human, the pain, the silenced voices, it's all in their faces, which often have no mouth but speaking eyes and in the eyes you see the strength and hope, despite all.

In the 1980ies she started creating picture books with her own text on topics that weren't popular at that time for children's books.. Her most important book (Judith und Lisa/Best friends) from 1988 was one of the first books for children (age 6 and up) talking about the Shoa. It was translated into several languages, but my mother also was confronted with a lot of hate for it (even death threats). This book will be republished by the end of the year at Hentrich & Hentrich. My mother also wrote children's books addressing topics such as illness (Christian, 1989), violence against children (Marie und ihre Mutter), or racism/islamophobia (Soham, 1993).

She herself had not an easy life (starting with a violent, abusive father) and was a very strong woman.She's an inspiration as an artist and human.

I hope this digital archive will help that her outstanding art will be known more, that the quality and importance will be recognized.

Huge thanks to web designer Kanta Babette Glaser and graphic designer Nicolas Wiese!!!

#elisabethnaomireuter #elisabethreuter #elisabethbehnsen #femaleartist #drawing #painting #digitalarchive #art #hentrich&hentrich #modern by @sarahnemtsov

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3 years ago

Some thoughts on my opera "OPHELIA" (excerpt, full video on YouTube) - WP May 13th @staatstheatersaarland !! With an amazing crew, cannot thank you all enough... 🙏
Video by @ricordi_ump !
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#ophelia #saarlaendischesstaatstheater #opera #contemporary #shakespeare #sarahnemtsov #ricordi by @sarahnemtsov

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3 years ago

📯 ACHTUNG, VERLOSUNG! 📯
HAND WERK: GUTE MUSIK
_Konzertreihe HW26C_#4

Die neueste Ausgabe von GUTE MUSIK stellt sich ganz in die Tradition dieser Reihe, in der die außerordentliche Vielfalt der zeitgenössischen Musik präsentiert wird. Neben Werken von @kristinetjogersen, Rebecca Saunders und @sarahnemtsov stehen zwei Uraufführungen auf dem Programm: flor de cuchillo von der langjährig mit @ensemble_hand_werk verbundenen Komponistin @irene_g_quero, aktuell Gastprofessorin an der UdK Berlin, sowie Kiss von der mehrfach preisgekrönten Komponistin @sungji.hong, die außerdem an der University of North Texas lehrt.

🎁 Der Kulturletter verlost 1x2 Karten. Schickt zur Teilnahme eine Mail mit Betreff „HAND WERK“ an verlosung (at) kulturservice-koeln.de – Viel Glück 🍀

📆 Mittwoch, 28. Oktober, 20 Uhr
📍 @altefeuerwachekoeln
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Köln
💡 Alle weiteren Infos hier: https://ensemble-handwerk.eu/hw26c_4/
📸 Das Ensemble hand werk. Bild: (c) Rebecca ter Braak

#kulturletterköln #konzerttipp #musiktipp #ensemblehandwerk taken in Alte Feuerwache Köln by @sarahnemtsov

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Looking forward already to the upcoming Festival edition, again bringing world premieres and international stars to Basel for a week of science, music and discovery.

Check our link in the Bio for the full 2027 programme centering on the fascinating phenomenon of language and communication.

Video from Interfinity 2026
Gare du Nord
Sarah Nemtsov @sarahnemtsov , EMP (world premiere)
Yaron Deutsch & Irvine Arditti
@yarondeutsch
Video and audio: @musicianseyebasel

#basel #interfinity #music #science #contemporary taken in Gare du Nord Basel by @sarahnemtsov

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4 days ago

Haha, found some pictures from my youth — my red phase, when I was still playing the oboe (I stopped in 2007 and decided to focus on composition only). And some pictures with other instruments: recorder (my main instrument before the oboe), piano (mediocre playing, preferred improvising), and drums (school band, just for fun).
PS: I’m pretty sure I couldn’t walk in those shoes anymore (picture 7, heels 10 cm or so).
PPS: Maybe I’ll go back to red once I’m completely white. 😅
PPS Pictures from 2000-2001, 1996 and 1994 😱 by @sarahnemtsov

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12 days ago

𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 🐊
Retour sur un spectacle hors du commun dans le cadre de @la_batie , les 5 et 6 septembre 2026

« À la @lacitebleuegeneve , Peter Pan vit dans un hôpital psychiatrique et a perdu les couleurs vives du dessin animé de Disney. Avec Neverland, la compositrice @sarahnemtsov et le metteur en scène @julienchavaz retournent à la noirceur de J. M. Barrie. Ici, refuser de grandir n’a plus grand-chose d’un rêve. Cela ressemble plutôt à une condamnation.
Porté par l’Ensemble Contrechamps, ce théâtre musical presque sans paroles avance par gestes, images et sons. […] Dans ce qui ressemble au hall d’un hôpital, les gestes répétitifs règlent le temps autant qu’ils disent l’enfermement. Peu à peu, tout se dérègle. Les rêves enfouis débordent, les corps sortent du cadre et échappent un instant à l’ordre médical et médicamenteux qui tente de les contenir. La partition de Sarah Nemtsov mêle acoustique et électronique jusqu’à brouiller leurs frontières. »

📸 La Bâtie / Sébastien Moritz
📝 Texte tiré de l’article de presse d’Olivier Frégaville-Gratian d’Amore dans @coups_d_oeil by @sarahnemtsov

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25 days ago

J-1. Neverland prend vie.

Les décors s’installent. Les premières notes résonnent. La scène s’éveille. Quelques images avant le grand saut.

Demain, direction Neverland.

👉 Dernières places —> lien en bio.

#NEVERLAND #lacitebleuegeneve #geneveculturelle taken in La Cité Bleue Genève by @sarahnemtsov

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a month ago

𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗜 𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗟𝗔 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗘 ?! 🦋

NEVERLAND réinvente un Peter Pan qui n’accepte pas le temps qui passe.
Un théâtre musical de pantomime imaginé par @julienchavaz et Christoph Clausen @cause_it sur des musiques originales de @sarahnemtsov
À découvrir à @lacitebleuegeneve les 5 et 6 septembre dans le cadre de @la_batie

En attendant la Première samedi, découvrez les coulisses des répétitions 👀

🎟️ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴢ ᴠᴏꜱ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇꜱ ᴘᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀʟᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴜʀ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴇᴄʜᴀᴍᴘꜱ.ᴄʜ
🍸ᴀᴘᴇʀɪᴛɪꜰ ᴅᴇ ʟᴀ ɴᴏᴜᴠᴇʟʟᴇ ꜱᴀɪꜱᴏɴ ᴅᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴇᴄʜᴀᴍᴘꜱ ʟᴇ 5 ꜱᴇᴘᴛᴇᴍʙʀᴇ ᴀ 17ʜ30, ᴀᴠᴀɴᴛ ʟᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇʀᴛ ᴀ 19ʜ !

📸
©Kathrin Singer
©Rizes/LCB taken in La Cité Bleue Genève by @sarahnemtsov

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a month ago

Performance that shifts your perspective … Irvine Arditti and Yaron Deutsch take us to another universe 🪐

EMP, by @sarahnemtsov — World Premiere

Video by @musicianseyebasel
Gare du Nord, Basel

#interfinity2026 #basel #contemporarymusic taken in Gare du Nord Basel by @sarahnemtsov

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2 months ago

𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗
SARAH NEMTSOV, JULIEN CHAVAZ

Théâtre musical «en salle d’attente», Julien Chavaz et Christoph Clausen signent un spectacle de pantomime inspiré de «Peter Pan» de J. M. Barrie sur des musiques de Sarah Nemtsov.

Conseillé dès 14 ans
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5 septembre 2026, 19h*
6 septembre 2026, 15h La Bâtie – Festival de Genève
📍La Cité Bleue Genève
Av. de Miremont 46, 1206 Genève
ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱ ᴘᴍʀ ꜱᴜʀ ʟᴇ ʟɪᴇᴜ ᴅᴇ ʟ’ᴇᴠᴇɴᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ

*🍷5 septembre à 17h30, avant le concert – Apéritif d’ouverture de saison Contrechamps proposé à tou·tes !
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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲
Un spectacle de Julien Chavaz et Christoph Clausen D’après «Peter Pan» de J. M. Barrie Musiques originales de Sarah Nemtsov Création mondiale  80’
𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Julien Chavaz, mise en scène - Meike Kurella, scénographie - Séverine Besson, costumes - Eloi Gianini, lumières - Christoph Clausen, dramaturgie - Alixe Durand Saint Guillain, collaboration artistique - Christophe Egea, son - Thierry Bonvin, son
Ensemble Contrechamps : Antoine Françoise, claviers - Maruta Staravoitava, flûte - Laurent Bruttin, clarinette - Thierry Debons, percussion - Simon Aeschimann, guitare - Noëlle Reymond, contrebasse
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀
Ville de Genève, Canton de Genève, Loterie Romande
𝗘𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗰
Grand Théâtre de Genève, Theâtre de Magdebourg, La Cité Bleue Genève, Klamauk Institute et La Bâtie – Festival de Genève

🎟️👀 ɪɴꜰᴏꜱ & ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ꜱᴜʀ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴇᴄʜᴀᴍᴘꜱ.ᴄʜ taken in La Cité Bleue Genève by @sarahnemtsov

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2 months ago

A summer of friendships and nature.

After an intense year of work, I was grateful for a week at the North Sea with two of my kids and a very dear friend (and our friendship deepened). It is the sea of my childhood. Ebb and flow. Seagulls, moonrise. Somehow, I feel myself there differently. It was such a beautiful time.

On the way to the North Sea, we stopped in my hometown, where I met my old music teacher Mathias Kroll - an inspiring and wonderful teacher and human being, to whom I owe so much. Over the years, our connection has grown into a friendship and a deep bond. Together we visited my old school and stood in front of the old music room, where we first met about 33 years ago. Very moving.

And now Iceland - a long-held wish, I am here with all three of my children, visiting old and dear friends - thank you, Gunnhildur and Matthias, for your generosity, and for all the wonderful experiences and memories. Nature here is so vast, overwhelming. The dimensions are different. The landscape is rough and beautiful: the volcanoes, the rocks, the water, waterfalls, wind. Forces of nature. You feel in a different way that we are only guests here on this planet .

I am grateful for my family, for friendships, for nature, and for the privilege of being able to travel.

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This summer I also lost a beloved friend. Unexpectedly. An accident. I had known her since I was fifteen, she was sixteen. I think of her all the time.

Life is so precious, and so fragile.

“There is no past present or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.”
— Janet Frame, Faces in the Water

* by @sarahnemtsov

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