Tomi Lebrero (bandoneonist) and Segundo Bercetche (musician and filmmaker) have been working for several years on projects that deal with the idea of the "future of traditions". In their performance, they will raise the musical, political and ecological journey of the bandoneon and the open questions about the future of this instrument in its context of origin and tradition and bring it into productive co-operation with local musicians and experts, historical locations and the old instruments themselves. They will address the question of how to experiment with traditional art forms and culturally specific narratives to explore new forms of critical thinking, resonance and experimentation. The performance is part of a long-term research project that retells the history of the bandoneon across genres and brings the different musical varieties and styles to life. The idea is to consciously cross boundaries that separate individual artistic genres in order to open up spaces of possibility for new futures. Tomi Lebrero is the classical Argentinian bandoneon player, while Segundo Bercetche brings in the electronic music tradition and elicits new sounds from the bandoneon. The performance will be less of a classical concert and more of a mixture of ethnological documentation, musical tour and modern tabula rasa with a special focus on our region and the history of the development of the concertina and the bandoneon from an Argentinian perspective.
