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NOMADISM
with PHØNIX16
photo: Adnan Softic
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Language: -
Duration: 75 min
SAT, 16 NOV, 19:30
Performers:
PHØNIX16
Maxim Kolomiiets, oboe

Artistic direction:
Timo Kreuser
Sound direction:
Carlo Grippa

Supported by:
Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt
Radialsystem Halle
A spatial sound action by PHØNIX16 explores sound and its migration. The program contrasts the rare work of Slovenian-French composer Vinko Globokar, Airs de voyages vers l'intérieur (Songs of the Journey to Oneself) — in which Slovenian rhythms break through the idioms of contemporary musical language, culminating in a ritual dance by the singers — with the sensual and poetic Marian Antiphons by Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets, who lives in Leipzig. Though written in Kyiv, the Antiphons have never been performed in their entirety in Europe. Commissioned by the festival, the new piece by Tehran-born, Dresden-based Samir TimajChi for eight singers and transducer reflects a state of emptiness, loss, and — thanks to the transducer's live sound transformation — transforms the eight singers into a polyphonic, ephemeral choir. Finally, the program includes a collective composition, Transmission with Katalin, for three singers and electronics, based on the work of Serbian poet Katalin Ladik, who lives in Hungary and expanded the boundaries of poetic expression through extended vocal techniques and a recourse to archaic forms of folklore.
PHØNIX16
Transmission with Katalin (2024) after poems by Katalin Ladik WP
Vinko Globokar
Airs de voyages vers l'intérieur (1972)

Maxim Kolomiiets
Marian Antiphons (2016) GP

Samir TimajChi
New Work (2024) WP
program
Performers:
PHØNIX16
Maxim Kolomiiets, oboe

Artistic direction: Timo Kreuser
Sound direction: Carlo Grippa

Supported by:
Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt
Contributors
PHØNIX16
ensemble
PHØNIX16 is a Berlin-based solo ensemble for contemporary and experimental vocal music, founded in 2012. It is a collective of individuals researching the phenomenon of voice as a primary instrument, as well as a bearer of social, political, and cultural expression, and a means of communication. The ensemble explores experimental new vocal chamber music, collaborating closely with composers. PHØNIX16 makes use of many different research sources and realises its performances in a variety of formats, including experimental films, installations and happenings.