Beautiful Trouble - European Premiere

Natacha Diels, Beautiful Trouble (2024)

JACK Quartet brings the European premiere of Natacha Diels’ Beautiful Trouble to Berlin. Based on a five-part video series for choreographed string quartet, this concert-length production merges experimental music, video and theatre to create a sensory experience that considers our ability and desire to consume media. Diels created the work to examine a moment in time through the power of abstract narrative and music, both heard and seen.

Creative Team:
Natacha Diels, Composer, Director, Video Designer
JACK Quartet, Performers
Matthew Craig, Sound Designer
Kent Sprague, Lighting Designer
Maile Okamura, Costume Designer

Beautiful Trouble was developed with support from Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, TIME:SPANS, The Barlow Foundation, and the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.

“The JACK Quartet’s fearless forays into the world of extended string technique has firmly ensconced the New York City-based group on the cutting edge of the new music scene. Beautiful Trouble, a collaboration with composer and Penn professor Natacha Diels, pushes their boundaries even further by venturing into the realm of the visual. Conceived as a six-part video mini-series, the premiere of this multimedia composition interrogating “the oversaturation of our current era” and “social impact of ubiquitous cameras,” will be must-see TV for those interested in the nexus of art, music, and politics.” - WRTI.org