"The Indomitable Double Bassist" is a humor and music play, born as a kind of tribute to my father, Gerardo, Zoilo, Horovitz who was the official photographer of the Argentinean group Les Luthiers for 30 years and is inspired by the work of these geniuses, creators of a unique way of making humor with words and music that have left their mark on several generations. The script is original, as is most of the music in the show.

"The indomitable double bass player" is Liona Tolstoievskaya, an unlikely star of the double bass and activist for the conservation of endangered animals, vegan and pacifist (although with a lot of character) who will tell us about the adventures and eccentricities of her international career.

Rehearsals have started in January. The premiere is scheduled for October in a theater in Madrid -to be confirmed- and the dates of the tour of Spain (of which we can anticipate Badajoz, Barakaldo, Granada, Valladolid), we will be communicating from June.

I tell you the reason for all this:

My name is Lila Horovitz. I am a double bassist, bassist, composer and actress. Humor, music and theater have been part of my life since I can remember, when I was about 8 or 9 years old when I accompanied my father to his work. And while he captured the gestures of Les Luthiers on stage, they put me in a small chair in the corridor of the Coliseo theater in Buenos Aires because it was always full and I watched them over and over again until I knew all the sketches and songs by heart!

Today, I am pleased to share with you this dream of paying homage to my father, and in some way to Les Luthiers, creating a show that will make us reflect on the role of art in our lives, on this modernity that conditions us on a daily basis. and invites us to reinvent ourselves, all through laughter and music.

I would love to count on you to bring to life this wonderful character who could very well be an illegitimate descendant of Mastropiero...

The repertoire ranges from a romantic Russian concerto for double bass, to rap, passing through rumba, rock and tango. Almost all the works originally composed for this occasion.

I promise you that this team will do their best to put on a great show that will make you laugh, enjoy and surprise you.

And actively participating will give us the opportunity to bring this show to life!!! That is something that we thank you with our hearts open wide, for the love and humor of music!!!

What is the financing for?

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This is an independent production, made from the heart and lungs. We are artists, creators, we imagine things that we know how to put into place, but the material part is as essential as the capacity for work and ideas. And that is where you come in to play a fundamental role! Fundamental, because of its foundation, because it is the founding and underlying part. Because this is the foundation of La contrabajista indomable. And you and you are founders!!!

-This is the money we need and this is how we will invest it, because there are many people contributing their work, their talent and their profession:

Others 2.9% Communication 20.6% Direction 33.3% Props and set design 2.9% Microphones and technique 4.9% Photography, video and graphic design 8.8% Costumes Rehearsal room 7.8% 4.9 % Lighting design 9.8% HOW IS THE CONTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTED

About the project team

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Lila Horovitz
Madrid
First project in Ulule - 1 project supported
My name is Lila Horovitz, I'm a bass player, double bass player, composer, actress... and I believe very much in the power that theater and music have in people's lives, releasing emotion, promoting the connection with themselves and their environment, activating ideas, nourishing the soul...

I was the founder and performer of the company Funamviolistas, a musical gesture theater company that also began its journey with a successful crowdfunding back in 2013!

In her career, she modified representing more than 400 functions and won the following awards:

Max Award for Best New Show in 2014
Andalusian Performing Arts Association Award for Revelation Show 2015
Talent Madrid Award for Best Musical Show 2013
Castilla y León Fair Award for Best Hall Show, 2013
Music Award 2016 awarded by the newspaper Avuelapluma de Cáceres
World Theater Awards 2016 awarded by the University of Buenos Aires for the Best Foreign Show
With Funamviolistas I also obtained the Nominations as:

Best Actress for the Hugo Awards in Buenos Aires 2017
Best arranger for the Hugo Awards in Buenos Aires 2017
In 2019 I traveled to Montreal to join the magnificent company Cirque du Soleil and participate in the creation of their latest show "Alegría in a New Light"

The great actor Javier Godino will be the master of ceremonies!!!!!

Do you remember the character of the psychopath from the movie "The Secret in His Eyes", which won the OSCAR for best international film? Well, it's him, and it's pure light! He will be a hilarious presenter, with his tuxedo and his folder, in clear homage to Marcos Mundstock from Les Luthiers.

Laura Nadal, is an excellent pianist and a born comedian, will play Anastasia Malova, Liona's accompanying pianist, and will also play other characters such as Greta Thumberg and Liona's psychoanalyst...

Director

Hernan Gene:

Actor, playwright, theater director and teacher. He has lived in Madrid since 1997, where he has developed a large part of his artistic career and founded the Estudio Hernán Gené, his own theater school.

He has written several plays and periodically collaborates with different specialized magazines writing articles and books on theater, circus and teaching.

La Contrabajista Indomable

La Contrabajista Indomable