El Niño. Songs of Siberian seamen
Multi-media interpretation of the Vsevolod Bernstein's novel "El Niño" in Russian and German. Project participants: Sergey Klichis (vocal), Georgy Modestov (piano), Charly Locher (translation, akkordeon), Vsevolod Bernstein (text, video)
A novel about fragility of the world and strength of the man. An intern on a fishing trawler who found himself in the midst of catastrophe that started off with a minor technical breakage and reached almost a universal scale, manages to conquer evil that takes on many forms.
Keep believing in the good and justice, no matter what, is the way to a better world.
Sergey Klichis (vocal) Sergey Klichis from St. Petersburg is a passionate baritone. In 1999 he won the first prize at the national contest "Autumn of Romances". In Switzerland he is involved in various art-projects.
Georgy Modestov (piano)
Georgy Modestov from St. Petersburg now lives in Lucerne. He graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory as a choral conductor. Besides his work as a pianist, vocal coach and choir director, he works as a composer (musical "The black brothers")
Charly Locher (translation, accordion) Charly Locher from Gampel (VS) studied linguistics/German. He works in communication/text/design, is involved in a various art-projects as a musician (piano/accordion), as narrator and translator.
Vsevolod Bernstein (text, video) Vsevolod Bernstein comes from Angarsk, Siberia. He studied oceanography in Leningrad, participated in marine research expeditions. One of the missions in the Pacific became a basis for the plot of the novel "El Nino." Vsevolod Bernstein is a project coordinator of "Russian House on Monte Verita"