The Norwegian bayanist Geir Draugsvoll, who has already performed the work in many places around the world, will give the Swiss premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina's "Fachwerk" for bayan, percussion and strings in La Chaux-de-Fonds on February 20, 2013.
Draugsvoll will be accompanied by the Ensemble Symphonique Neuchatel under the direction of Alexander Mayer. Gubaidulina's "Introitus" for piano and chamber orchestra and Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14 will also be performed on this concert evening.
"Fachwerk" is dedicated to Geir Draugsvoll, who holds a chair for accordion at the Copenhagen Academy of Music and presented the world premiere of the work on November 13, 2009 together with Anders Loguin (percussion) and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta under Reinbert de Leeuw in Ghent (Belgium).