17/06/2026
About last evening’s ART BASEL VIP Event…
URIEL ORLOW
Reveries of Collective Walkers (Basel)
A warm thank you to everyone who joined us at Gellertpark for the opening of SIBYLLA and for Uriel Orlow’s performance in the property of Christoph Merian Shiftung at the Freie Musikschule Basel.
With classical musicians performing for plants, we were transported closer to nature, as witnesses to a symbiosis between human and more-than-human forms of listening — extending the spirit of Maria Sibylla Merian through sound, attention, and collective presence.
A special thank you to Uriel Orlow, Maria João Pires, Martin Masan, to all the professional musicians and students from the Freie Musikschule Basel involved in this special moment to Art Basel for including our event as part of the VIP Programme.
Repertoire curated by
Maria João Pires & Martin Masan
Performance in 6 acts, 20’
1. F. Schubert / H.W. Ernst
ERLKÖNIG
Friedemann Treiber, Violine
2. G. Puccini,
CRISANTEMI
Martin Masan, Violine
Giovanni Barbato, Violine
Friedemann Treiber, Viola
Marina Cotallo, Violoncello
3. E. McDowell
TO A WILD ROSE
Lora Maryns, Violoncello
Marina Cotallo, Violoncello
4. H.W. Ernst
LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
Giovanni Barbato, Violine
5. E. McDowell
TO A WILD ROSE
Jakob Graf, Clarinette
6. P.I. Tchaikovsky
VALSE DES FLEURS (Improvisation)
Jürg Gutjahr, Clarinette
with student from Freie Musikschule
Group exhibition curated by Sonia Taborda and Joerg Bader.
SIBYLLA
Freie Musikschule Basel / Gellertpark
Gellertstrasse 33, 4025 Basel
Open hours
Thursday 18 June, 17:00–20:00
Friday 19 June, 11:00–19:00
Saturday 20 June, closed
Sunday 21 June, 11:00–18:00
Come visit us! Do not miss this pause during this hectic ART BASEL week!
joao.pires
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