Concert with PHØNIX16

A spatial sound performance by PHØNIX16 explores sound and its migration – the sounds of this migration and the migration of these sounds.

The program first contrasts two compositions: the often overlooked work by Slovenian-French composer Vinko Globokar “Airs de voyages vers l'intérieur” (Songs of a Journey to Oneself) – in which Slovenian rhythms break through the idioms of contemporary musical language and culminate in a ritual dance of the singers – with the sensual and poetic “Marian Antiphons” by Leipzig-based Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets.

The antiphons have never been performed in their entirety in Europe. The new commissioned work “New York” by Tehran-born Samir TimajChi reflects a state of emptiness and loss. It transforms the eight singers into a polyphonic, ephemeral choir with the live sound conversion of a sound transducer.

The concert closes with the collective composition “Transmission with Katalin” for three singers and electronics. It is based on the work of the Hungary-based Serbian poet Katalin Ladik, who expands the boundaries of poetic expression through extended vocal techniques and a recourse to archaic forms of folklore.

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Supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.

The VOICES Festival is a project of CLSX. CLSX is an initiative of Karsten Witt Music Management.

Media partners: taz - die tageszeitung, tip Berlin, Exberliner, Rausgegangen.

Participating artists

PHØNIX16 (Mit)

Maxim Kolomiiets (Oboe)

Timo Kreuser (Künstlerische Leitung)

Carlo Grippa (Sound)

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