Key Jack • Michael Beil / Ning Yu

In the organizer's words:

Key Jack is a virtuoso concerto and a magic trick for the eyes and ears. Pianist Ning Yu sits in front of a keyboard. She is playing - but the keys suddenly have ideas of their own! They clack and click and seem to say: "Thank you, now we're making the music ourselves."

Otherwise, everything seems quite normal, apart from the fact that the pianist has reproduced herself on video. She appears on screens to the left and right and a fascinating game of confusion between reality and fiction begins. She and her two video selves play a highly virtuosic six-hand piano piece together and only a wandering hat helps the audience to keep their bearings in this simple and yet difficult to understand illusion show.

Key Jack skillfully combines movement, image and sound in a new way, irritating even the most attentive audience members and cheerfully subverting the coordinates of reality and fiction in the process. Composer Michael Beil breaks with traditional concert conventions and thoroughly dismantles the usual idea of the relationship between the musician and her instrument in this 15-minute concert. The result is a fascinating performance that almost makes you forget that there is no piano at all

ACCESSIBILITY

The Orangery is wheelchair accessible via separate access on the north side of the building, please allow some time and ask the staff on site. Tickets for wheelchair-accessible seating and accompaniment are available at the HAZ & NP advance booking offices.

Further information at: https://kunstfestspiele.de/key-jack/