Trumpet and Poetry
'Homage to Life'
A timeless recital for trumpet and poet
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Languages
This performance works in Swedish, English and French.
Biography
Jaques Werup was born in 1945. He is a native of Malmö, the Swedish city just across the Öresund from Copenhagen . Since making his literary debut in 1971, he has published twenty volumes, poetry, fiction, essays and travel books. His novels and poems have been translated into several European languages.
Taking the idea further
Another version of Homage to Life , in the form of a tryptich, is planned:
Part I: Trumpet and Poetry
Part II: Nali Gruber's Exposed Throat for Trumpet performed against a backdrop of projected images
Part III: Hardenberger's interpretations of Impressions of Persona by Daniel Börtz, together with Ingmar Bergman texts from the film Persona , read by Parmilla August.