Elia Rediger

Singer, Author

is best known for his sonorous voice and dynamic stage persona, but little has emerged about his quiet work as a writer, his increasingly profound storytelling in music. At times he has been labelled Mr Nick Cave of the Swiss Alps (Radio RBB 1). But that does not quite describe the depth of his upcoming work. His artistic canvas has been growing more and more until now, when it moves effortlessly between the balladesque, the brutal, and the beautiful. Born to Swiss parents in 1985 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he grew up in Basel, Switzerland. He started as a founding member of the Popart Band The bianca Story. In 2015 he became the house author of the Konzerttheater Bern, Switzerland. 
After having traveled he is currently working on his first solo album in Berlin.  This is his first collaboration with a classical orchestra.  Fond of classical music, Elia Rediger maintains what he calls a punk approach to singing. Aside from writing, he is associated with and the  author of various upcoming plays, radio shows, books and art performances expected in the nearby futur.

William Brittelle (NY)

Composer

William Brittelle (Official Website) is Brooklyn-based composer of post-genre electro-acoustic music.  Brittelle’s work is characterized by the melding of complex thematic ideas, rhythms, and formal structure with the visceral power and surface appeal of pop/rock music. Brittelle’s music has been the subject of features in The New York Times (Sunday Arts & Leisure), the Los Angeles Times, Time Out NY, and NPR’s All Things Considered.  His compositions have been presented across the U.S. and internationally., including the Festival Internacional in Chihuahua, Mexico, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires by JACK Quartet, Pittsburgh’s Music on the Edge series, Seattle’s Town Hall, and the Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Hall. He serves on the faculty of The New School in New York City, teaching courses in Post-Genre Music and the Ethos of Punk.

Gregor Brändli

Filmmaker, Artist

Gregor Brändli (Official Website): Photographer and filmmaker, grew up in Switzerland. Winner of the BASEL KULTURPREIS, he produced numerous music videos, worked as a director, theater maker and cinematographer. Since 2010, three of his music videos have been nominated for
Best Swiss Music video at  M4Music and Solothurner Filmtage. Besides founding his advertising studio advertis, he continues to work as a director, theater maker (Jäger & Sammler, 2016/ Glück), cinematographer and still photographer. He has also been involved as an editor in various feature films and throughout the last year he regularly collaborated with Elia Rediger, among numerous other artists. In OH ALBERT, he will lead the camera teams, in addition to having collaborated intensively on the script & concept.

Etienne Abelin

Conductor

BASEL SINFONIETTA

Orchestra