Lisa Streich: MEDUSE (2023/24)

Lisa Streich (*1985)
MEDUSE ≫Elle est belle et elle rit.≪, for trumpet and orchestra (2023/24)
Simon Höfele, trumpet
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra
Beat Furrer, conductor
Swiss Première, 31 April 2024, Lucerne Festival '24
When I read Hélène Cixous' 'The Laugh of the Medusa' (1975), it made me reflect on the different Medusas that exist. The Medusa from Greek mythology, Hélène Cixous' Medusa, and the sea creature Medusa (jellyfish). In Greek mythology, going back some 3000 years she was a Gorgon, a monster with the capacity to both terrify and protect, kill and redeem. Much later in the Roman poet Ovid sì version of Medusa she is a beautiful young woman with long, wind-blown, curly hair, enticing men with her beauty. Among them is the sea god Poseidon, who rapes her in a temple dedicated to Athena, godess of both war and wisdom. She becomes furious and punishes the victim Medusa but not the perpetrator Poseidon. She turns Medusa’s beautiful, long hair into snakes and makes everyone who looks at her and meets her gaze turn into stone. My thoughts, as I wrote the piece, revolved around questioning whether we can return to the original Medusa. Medusa who is beautiful and laughs. Medusa who was not punished for being beautiful and who has been perceived as dangerous for centuries. Or if despite the experiences she endured, if we can return to a beautiful, laughing and loving Medusa. As I wrote, I always tried to keep in mind to write with 'white ink,' as Hélène Cixous advocates for.
Photo by Patrick Hürlimann
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