Naked Blue

Naked Blue, music for the film by Mati Diop and Manon Lutanie (2022), scored by Devonté Hynes / arr. Paul Bateman. Performed by LGT Young Soloists.

Sunday August 2nd, 18:00pm, Gstaad Festival Tent Gstaad

This opening evening in the Gstaad Festival tent promises a truly immersive musical experience, tracing the fascinating North-South encounter between Vivaldi's Baroque Four Seasons and Piazzolla's passionate Estaciones Porteñas. The focus is on the LGT Young Soloists, an elite ensemble founded in 2013 by the German violin virtuoso Alexander Gilman – a student of Dorothy DeLay and Zakhar Bron. The opening act is a cinematic soundscape brimming with emotion: film scores of exceptional evocative power transport the audience to captivating visual worlds. The symphonic work composed in 2022 for the short film Naked Blue (by Mati Diop and Manon Lutanie) by multi-instrumentalist Devonté Hynes powerfully brings the touching story of a thirteen-year-old ballerina to life. Paul Bateman has rearranged the soundtrack especially for this occasion. Also on the program: Dolomites, Pale Mountains, a large-scale work in four movements, created in 2025 by the Oscar-winning British composer Rachel Portman, commissioned by the South Tyrol Festival Merano for its 40th anniversary. Inspired by the impressive photographs of the legendary Dolomites by the artist Georg Tappeiner, it unfolds as a musical homage to the majestic beauty of this famous mountain range.