Kuppelhalle 3

Adela Mede with Marta Forsberg & Nindya Nareswari

19:00

Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko »Гільдеґарда«

20:00

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The SHAPE+ supported artist Adela Mede met Marta Forsberg through a shared interest in collective singing, either with acoustic voice or computer generated choirs. For CTM they come together with light artist Nindya Nareswari to explore these topics through a special new performance of Mede’s original compositions. Mede’s blend of traditional folk influences and contemporary electronic textures weave English, Slovak, and Hungarian into her music. Each language carries fragments of memory and emotion that shift with the sound of her voice, creating a deeply personal yet universal experience. Her songs will be enhanced by Forsberg's experience in sonic minimalism and immersive environments, and Nareswari’s work with the ephemeral and emotive qualities of light and perception.

In this German premiere together with Ukrainian singer Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, the composer Heinali reimagines Hildegard von Bingen's compositions with authentic Ukrainian folk singing techniques and generative monophony and polyphony techniques on modular synthesiser, highlighting the visceral quality of von Bingen's writing, which is often missing in traditional Early Music interpretations. This requires the singer to put in a raw, almost inhumane transcendent effort. Through »Гільдеґарда,« (»Hildegarda«) Heinali and Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko place Ukrainian traditional culture in a broader European context, actualising Hildegard's material to express their war-related experiences and a different, and challenging understanding of spirituality that arises from these.

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Heinali and Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko’s work is supported by GMEA–Centre National de Création Musicale d'Albi-Tarn, Unsound, Athens & Epidaurus Festival, and CTM.

Adela Mede and the residency with Marta Forsberg and Nindya Nareswari are 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.

In collaboration with the Swedish Embassy Berlin.