A bold and imaginative festival that celebrates women’s voices in music, dance, andart—past and present. From forgotten masterpieces to groundbreaking newcreations, from Baroque courts to Ladino ballads,Witches? invites you to explorefemininity, myth, and creativity across centuries.
A journey into Haydn’s beloved “Quinten” Quartet, whose third movement earned the nickname “Minuet of the Witches”. Alongside it, three charming string quartets by Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen — an acclaimed Italian composer of the 18th century, celebrated in her lifetime but later forgotten.
An enchanting voyage into the world of Ladino song – romances, coplas and cantigas passed down orally for generations. Authentic arrangements meet newly composed settings by Igal Myrtenbaum and Ivana Kis, weaving together heritage and contemporary creativity.
A hypnotic contemporary dance to Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. The work explores motherhood — universal, mythical, and personal — drawing on archetypes from the biblical matriarchs to Mary and the fierce goddess Kali. A visceral encounter of music and movement, both tender and powerful.
Meet one of the Baroque era’s most extraordinary women: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, hailed as a prodigy at the court of Louis XIV and one of the first professional female composers. Her dazzling harpsichord works reveal brilliance, elegance, and daring innovation.
Renaissance dances and chansons celebrating satyrs, elves, magicians, and witches. Following the humanist Bonifacius Amerbach from Basel to Avignon, this program uncovers the music he collected — works about bold shepherdesses, enchanting witches, and elegant ladies.
Singer and multi-disciplinary artist Lianne Karaso presents songs from her debut album in an intimate duo with pianist Asaf Karaso. Blending classical, pop, folk-rock, and country, her music explores the female voice in all its colors — fierce, fragile, broken, and whole.
From mysterious lovers to scholarly princesses, this program lifts the veil on the women who inspired Baroque masterpieces by Marais, Biber, Uccellini, Corelli, Rameau, and Vivaldi.
