Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance (1982)
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Philip Glass, Godfrey Reggio: Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance (1982)
Film concert featuring the Philip Glass Ensemble
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
It was in 1982 that the experimentally minded American director Godfrey Reggio created his film Koyaanisqatsi, which went on to gain cult status among audiences receptive to new concepts. In the language of the Hopi Indians, the word means ‘Life Out of Balance' - which, translated into various languages, was the title used when it was distributed in Hungary and other countries at the time. The work suggestively depicts the absurdity of modern societies turning away from nature and the ancient balance of life - with neither plot nor text, but accompanied by the music of Philip Glass, which is an inseparable part of the work. The Müpa Budapest audience will now get to see and hear all this in an authentic performance by the Philip Glass Ensemble, with the Cantemus Mixed Choir, the Budapest Academic Choir Society and the Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra also taking part.
Program and cast
Conductor, music director:
Michael Riesman
Philip Glass Ensemble:
sound:
Dan Bora
saxophone:
Peter Hess
onstage sound:
Ryan Kelly
keyboards:
Mick Rossi
saxophone, flute:
Sam Sadigursky
flute, piccolo:
Andrew Sterman
Guest musician:
keyboards:
Feico Deutekom
Featuring:
Budapest Academic Choral Society (choirmaster: Ildikó Balassa)
Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra
Cantemus Mixed Choir (choirmaster: Soma Szabó)
Creators:
music
Philip Glass
written and directed by
Godfrey Reggio
Philip Glass Ensemble production manager
Michael Amacio
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.