Concerts
Solokonzert mit Nora Bertogg, Sopran
Johanniterkapelle Rheinfelden
4310 Rheinfelden
A solo performance for voice that explores the boundaries between singing and speech. Contemporary works open up soundscapes in which words are spoken, distorted, withheld, or reinvented.
Concert Program
*Voyage de la larme (de crocodile)*, 1977, Tona Scherchen-Hsiao (CH/CHN), Voice (6’)
The Ballad of Bradley Manning, 2011, Elliott Sharp (USA), solo voice (5’)
Die Alte, 2001, Carola Bauckholt (DE), for voice (6’)
Récitation No. 9, 1978, Georges Aperghis (GRC), Voice (5’)
Stripsody, 1966, Cathy Berberian (USA), Solo Voice (7’)
Babel, 2019, Benjamin Scheuer (DE), Speaking voice (7’)
Free admission—donations welcome (suggested donation CHF 20–40)
Nora Bertogg
The Graubünden-born soprano Nora Bertogg appeared as a soprano at the Lucerne Theater in the production STYX Tours, a co-production with the Lucerne Festival. She also performed as the Parrot in the Swiss premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s opera *Perelà* and was featured in the music theater production *Klangtauchen*. At the Theater Biel/Solothurn, Nora Bertogg sang La Ciesca in *Gianni Schicchi*, the elevator girl in Nino Rota’s *La notte di un nevrastenico*, and the role of Miss Pinkerton in Menotti’s *The Old Maid and the Thief*. She also performed in the opera *Die Schweizerfamilie* at the 2016 Davos Festival. In March 2026, she gave a concert with Trio Catch at the Gare du Nord in Basel, singing, among other works, a world premiere by Jannik Giger. Other solo performances include Christian Jost’s *Dichterliebe* at the Neues Kunsthaus Zürich, at the Frakzionen Festival in Bielefeld (Germany), the KlangART Vision Festival (Germany), with Orchestrina Chur, the Bachverein Chur, Opera Viva, and as part of the Rahn Continuo concerts. Together with harpist Isabel Goller and cellist Zoltán Despond, she is a co-founder of the Ensemble Lyrix.
Nora Bertogg has a particular interest in the interpretation of contemporary, performative works. This led, among other things, to the creation of the solo voice recital *YESS I SAID I SAID YESS*. At the 2023 Concours Nicati, the Swiss competition for contemporary music, she won third prize. She is also a recipient of the 7th John Cage Award in Halberstadt and a fellow of the Rahn Cultural Fund and the Thyll Foundation. In 2017, she was awarded a cultural promotion prize by the Canton of Graubünden, and in 2025, she received a promotion prize from the City of Chur.
Concert in conjunction with the exhibition
ENERGY IMAGES FOR THE NEW ERA
MANDALAS BY VEENO REGULA MÄDER
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
*Voyage de la larme (de crocodile)*, 1977, Tona Scherchen-Hsiao (CH/CHN), Voice (6’)
The Ballad of Bradley Manning, 2011, Elliott Sharp (USA), solo voice (5’)
Die Alte, 2001, Carola Bauckholt (DE), for voice (6’)
Récitation No. 9, 1978, Georges Aperghis (GRC), Voice (5’)
Stripsody, 1966, Cathy Berberian (USA), Solo Voice (7’)
Babel, 2019, Benjamin Scheuer (DE), Speaking voice (7’)
Free admission—donations welcome (suggested donation CHF 20–40)
Nora Bertogg
The Graubünden-born soprano Nora Bertogg appeared as a soprano at the Lucerne Theater in the production STYX Tours, a co-production with the Lucerne Festival. She also performed as the Parrot in the Swiss premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s opera *Perelà* and was featured in the music theater production *Klangtauchen*. At the Theater Biel/Solothurn, Nora Bertogg sang La Ciesca in *Gianni Schicchi*, the elevator girl in Nino Rota’s *La notte di un nevrastenico*, and the role of Miss Pinkerton in Menotti’s *The Old Maid and the Thief*. She also performed in the opera *Die Schweizerfamilie* at the 2016 Davos Festival. In March 2026, she gave a concert with Trio Catch at the Gare du Nord in Basel, singing, among other works, a world premiere by Jannik Giger. Other solo performances include Christian Jost’s *Dichterliebe* at the Neues Kunsthaus Zürich, at the Frakzionen Festival in Bielefeld (Germany), the KlangART Vision Festival (Germany), with Orchestrina Chur, the Bachverein Chur, Opera Viva, and as part of the Rahn Continuo concerts. Together with harpist Isabel Goller and cellist Zoltán Despond, she is a co-founder of the Ensemble Lyrix.
Nora Bertogg has a particular interest in the interpretation of contemporary, performative works. This led, among other things, to the creation of the solo voice recital *YESS I SAID I SAID YESS*. At the 2023 Concours Nicati, the Swiss competition for contemporary music, she won third prize. She is also a recipient of the 7th John Cage Award in Halberstadt and a fellow of the Rahn Cultural Fund and the Thyll Foundation. In 2017, she was awarded a cultural promotion prize by the Canton of Graubünden, and in 2025, she received a promotion prize from the City of Chur.
Concert in conjunction with the exhibition
ENERGY IMAGES FOR THE NEW ERA
MANDALAS BY VEENO REGULA MÄDER
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.