Tarta Relena’s work is a testament to the voice as both instrument and medium, where layered harmonies and sonic experimentation uncover new resonances in age-old melodies. Layered harmonies and sonic experimentation uncover new resonances in age-old melodies, drawing on diverse vocal techniques—flamenco’s raw intensity, the precision of lyrical singing, and the fluidity of jazz. Folklore is treated as a mutable and living tradition, unconfined by historical boundaries; melodies from the oral traditions of Sephardim, Sappho’s poetry, and medieval hymnody are reinterpreted, suffused with a shared, time-transcendent language: grief and joy, divinity and earthliness, dissolving into a singular resonance.
És pregunta, by Tarta Relena
És pregunta, by Tarta Relena
Tarta Relena is supported by SHAPE+, which is co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
