Nigji Sanges

Biography

The age of globalization produces many transnational biographies. The career and work of the Italian-Luxembourgish composer Nigji Sanges are also shaped by the different traditions and life stories of her family: “The diversity of musical influences and sound worlds plays an important role for me. My own compositions are influenced by the music of the most diverse cultures – they are the roots of mankind. Observing my environment also inspires me a lot, especially nature. My life has already taken place in different environments: Zaire, Japan, Italy, Greece, Colombia, Luxembourg.”

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Text (translated with the help of DeepL.com), selection of sources and curation of the webpage: Noemi Deitz

Photos

<strong>Nigji Sanges at her desk, n. d. © Jean Marc Tingaud </strong> Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS6B001

<strong>Nigji Sanges, side profile. © Marie Augustin</strong> Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS6B002

<strong>Premiere of <i>La Mort Viendra / Death Will Come</i> at the Film Festival Locarno in August 2024. F.l.t.r.: Nassim Rachi (actor), Bady Minck (producer), Marc Limpach, Nigji Sanges (composer), Elsa Rauchs, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu (producer). © Locarno Film Festival / Ti-Press </strong> Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS6B003

<strong>Premiere of <i>La Mort Viendra / Death Will Come</i> at the Film Festival Locarno in August 2024. F.l.t.r.: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu (producer), Nassim Rachi (actor), Bady Minck (producer), Sophie Verbeeck (actress), Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (actor), Christoph Hochhäusler (director), Bettina Brokemper (producer), Walid Nakschbandi (CEO NRW Film Fund), Nigji Sanges (composer), Michèle Tonteling (costume designer), Guy Daleiden (CEO Film Fund Luxembourg) © Locarno Film Festival / Ti-Press </strong> Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS6B004

<strong>Nigji Sanges on the occasion of the world premiere of <i>De Magia</i> by the <i>Kammerata Luxembourg</i> on 8 December 2022 at the <i>Trifolion</i> in Echternach. © Bohumil Kostohryz</strong> Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS6B006

<strong>Jacques Lœuille, director of <i>Birds of America</i> (2022), <i>Modigliani et ses secrets</i> (2020), <i>Victor Hugo, un siècle en révolutions</i> (2018), <i>Menaces en Mers du Nord</i> (2018), <i>Rubens – Peindre l’Europe</i> (2017) and <i>La peseuse d’or</i> (2017), films for which Nigji Sanges composed the music. © MÉTÉORES FILMS</strong> Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS7C001

<strong>Photo of the performance of <i> À la carabine,</i> theatre play by Pauline Peyrade (author) and Fábio Godinho (director) with music by Nigji Sanges, <i> Théâtre du Centaure, </i> April/May 2023. © Bohumil Kostohryz</strong> Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS7A2001

Music

Concert recording of City Life – La Grande Arche for symphony orchestra,

jperformed by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg under the direction of Gast Waltzing on 20 January 2023 at the Philharmonie Luxembourg.

YouTube, uploaded by Philharmonie Luxembourg (20.1.2023)

Concert recording of the world premiere of De MagiA (excerpt 2’12”-5’07”),

for flute, clarinet, prepared piano, two metronomes, percussion, violin, viola and cello, performed by the Kammerata Luxembourg on 8 December 2022 at the Trifolion in Echternach.

Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS7A7001

Concert recording of the world premiere of De MagiA (excerpt 7’19”-9’09”),

for flute, clarinet, prepared piano, two metronomes, percussion, violin, viola and cello, performed by the Kammerata Luxembourg on 8 December 2022 at the Trifolion in Echternach.

Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS7A7001

Film

Trailer of La Mort Viendra / Death Will Come,

film by Christoph Hochhäusle (director) with music by Nigji Sanges, Heimatfilm / Amour Fou / Tarantula, 2024.

Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS7A9001

Teaser of Finis Terræ.

Silent film by Jean Epstein (1929) with music by Nigji Sanges (2022), concert film on 2 June 2022 at CAPE in Ettelbrück with the United Instruments of Lucilin.

Fonds Nigji Sanges, MuGi.lu: NS7A9002

Excerpt 1 from Birds of America,

documentary film by Jacques Lœuille with music by Nigji Sanges, MK2 / Arte Cinema, 2022.

KMBO (Birds of America, Extraits)

https://www.kmbofilms.com/distribution/birds-of-america-film/

Excerpt 2 from Birds of America,

documentary film by Jacques Lœuille with music by Nigji Sanges, MK2 / Arte Cinema, 2022.

KMBO (Birds of America, Extraits)

https://www.kmbofilms.com/distribution/birds-of-america-film/

Excerpt from Modigliani et ses secrets,

film by Jacques Lœuille with music by Nigji Sanges, Productions ARTE France / Les Docs du Nord, 2020.

Youtube, uploaded by Les Docs du Nord (10.12.2020)

Trailer of Menaces en Mers du Nord,

film by Jacques Lœuille with music by Nigji Sanges, Productions France Télévisions / Real Productions, 2018.

Youtube, uploaded by Real Productions (6.9.2018)

Excerpt from Rubens – Peindre l’Europe,

film by Jacques Lœuille with music by Nigji Sanges, Zadig Productions / RMN Grand Palais / Pictanovo, 2017.

Youtube, uploaded by Grand Palais (15.9.2017)

Nigji Sanges at the Festival de Cannes 2013:

Concert du Cursus de Composition de Musique à l’image du Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris under the direction of Laurent Petitgirard.

YouTube, uploaded by La Pixellerie Productions (5.12.2014)

Theatre

Trailer of Stolen Ground.

Theatre play by Anna Leader (author) and Richard Twyman (director) with music by Nigji Sanges. Staged at the Théâtre des Capucins, October 2024.

Youtube, uploaded by Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (11.10.2024)