The Bash: Part I – Göschenen
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About The Programme
From the subculture of Swiss hip-hop via folk music to pop, followed by a plunge into the profundity of classical music: some might see this as a tragic tale of how a popular artist can lose his youth, his lightness of being and even everything cool about him! But we adopt a different perspective, and are looking forward to two unique evenings with urban rhythms and orchestral power!
«The Bash» – the Andermatt festival that knows no boundaries – is bringing in 2025 one of Switzerland’s most defining musicians to its stage: Bligg. He’s a Swiss hit machine, and now he’s venturing onto the classical concert podium to meet the Swiss Orchestra under the direction of Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer. Together they’re going to build bridges between classical music, rock, rap and dialect pop. They’ll create a sound that will fuse opposites, combining tradition and modernity in an extraordinary way. At times powerful, at others melancholic, captivating, eruptive and dramatic, but always strikingly new.
The Gotthard region has for centuries been a symbol of connection and transition: a place where North meets South. And it provides a perfect setting for our musical experiments. «The Bash» is in equal parts party, experimental laboratory and an act of collision that stands for innovation and openness. This festival is an experimental space that offers room for new discoveries. The result isn’t pop music with the addition of just a few string instruments, but the eccentric and exciting sum of altogether different worlds.
Both these concerts (24 & 25 October) will offer up big emotions and plenty of surprises. As always with «The Bash», they are conceived as a total work of art. But these two very different programmes can also be enjoyed on their own. Whether you want to go the metaphorical «high road» over the Gotthard Pass or the «low road» through the tunnel, either way, the topic for each concert is the same: Beethoven and Bligg, classical and rap, violin solos and wit, pop and Danse Macabre.
Lineup
BLIGG, Artiste étoile
IDEA & CONCEPT: Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer
BLIGG & BAND
SWISS ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS
programme
In this new edition of «The Bash», Bligg and his band are the guest performers in the Andermatt Concert Hall together with the Swiss Orchestra Soloists. There’ll be melancholy ballads alongside Bligg’s big hits and classical treats. Live at the Andermatt Concert Hall.
- 19:00Doors open
- 19:30concert (incl. break)
- 21:30Approx. end time
concert hall
Andermatt
How to get there
Details on how to get there can be found on the ANDERMATT MUSIC website.
barrier-free access
The Andermatt concert hall is barrier-free. Wheelchair tickets are available via email at info@andermattmusic.ch or at Andermatt Alpine Apartments at +41 41 888 78 00.
Seating on the balcony is recommended for people with reduced mobility. Chamber music concerts and New Folk Music concerts usually do not have grandstand seating: Here, all seats are accessible without steps.
The Andermatt concert hall has an inductive listening system.
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evening ticket office
The box office opens 1 hour before the start of the concert.
Doors open / late entry
Admission to the concert hall is 30 minutes before the start of the concert. Late admission is only possible during applause between plays and on the guidance of the hall staff.
Discount
Discounts are available for children, students and members of the Gotthard MemberClub. Details about the benefits can be found here.
Bligg is one of Switzerland’s most successful, most influential musicians and composers. He’s already left a lasting mark on the Swiss music landscape. His hits such as “Rosalie”, “Manhattan”, “Legändä & Heldä” and “Us Mänsch” have become part of Swiss cultural heritage. His work has been honoured with numerous prizes and awards. In his songs, he combines catchy melodies with clever, playful lyrics in a manner that brings different generations together. For nearly 25 years now, Bligg has been thrilling his audiences with incomparable live shows, bursting with energy, that appeal to a broad, diverse audience. When he takes the stage, Bligg offers not just music, but emotions, atmosphere and pure entertainment. He’s always got his finger on the pulse of the times. His delight in experimentation is also evident in his stage projects, from his tours with the Alder folk string ensemble of Canton Appenzell to the urbane sounds of the Youngblood Brass Band (USA) and BLAY, his joint project with Marc Sway. Bligg’s collaboration with Helen Maier & The Folks on their “Tavolata” project also underlines his musical versatility.
Besides his music, Bligg is also active as an entrepreneur, a producer, a songwriter and a paterfamilias. His company DreamStar Entertainment supports newcomer artists such as Aaron Asteria, and markets Bligg’s own “Tannenschnaps” brandy. He also keeps his private life largely out of the public eye.
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