Nothing less than a musical punch in the gut to kick off DAS HAUS’ third season. We are happy to welcome you back on the 14th of October, for “Those We Lost”. In this performance, Matteo Haitzmann addresses the survival strategies of the LGBTQIA+ community facing the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s.
Haitzmann revisited stories about this period in human history because of what he sees happening in the world today; a global pandemic which stigmatizes certain groups and ethnicities. It seems to be a sad truth that we would rather be divided than united. Inspired by Gideon Mendel’s photography book “The Ward”, he now writes “Those We Lost”, a series of violin-centric art pop solo tracks that pay tribute to the dead, while seeking to create a contemporary voice for the struggle for dignity in times of crisis.
Born in 1990 in Salzburg, Haitzmann studied jazz and baroque violin at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, performance art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and completed the Master's program SODA at the Berlin University of the Arts. He is a founding member of the contemporary folk music ensemble ALMA, the Vienna-based jazz collective Little Rosies Kindergarten, and the improvisation quartet s q u a m a t a. Haitzmann has performed at venues such as the Wiener Musikverein, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konzerthaus Wien, Centre Georges Pompidou, Centre National de la Danse in Paris, Kaaitheater Brussels, Gessnerallee Zurich, Austrian Culture Forum Rome, at the Ludwigsburg Palace Festival, and Festspiele Erl.
“Those We Lost” is both an obeisance and a declaration of war, it is an expression of gratitude and an outcry for change. We can’t wait to take you on an intense journey on October 14th!
This concert is organized with the warm support of the Flemish Community Commission, the Austrian Cultural Forum Brussels, Les Grands Carmes and RainbowHouse Brussels.