Æther

The French-Cypriot soprano Sarah Aristidou joins Alpha and here presents her very first album. 

Twice named ‘Best Newcomer’ by Opernwelt for two contemporary creations, she is a favourite interpreter of Jörg Widmann who has already written two works for her, and has sung under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle and François-Xavier Roth. Barenboim opened the doors of Berlin to her and the Orchester des Wandels (Orchestra of Change), a group of musicians from several German orchestras, including the Staatskapelle Berlin, who have set themselves the objective of practising their art in a way that protects the planet: limiting the carbon footprint in all their activities, including this album. The disc packaging is plastic-free and printed with organic ink. Alpha also supports the reforestation programme in Madagascar initiated by the orchestra.

Along with the director and photographer Weronika Izdebska, she has created a film exalting the natural world which will be shown as part of an installation presenting the entire programme. (Instead of: Along with the director and photographer Weronika Izdebska, she has created a film exalting the natural world which will be shown in Berlin as part of an installation presenting the entire programme.)