DU YUN [US] & GAZE [SE] – WORLD PREMIERE!

Name: DU YUN [US] & GAZE [SE] – WORLD PREMIERE!
Start: 2024-10-18T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-10-18T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Kronhuset & Kronhusbodarna

Schedule

Fri Oct 18 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Kronhuset & Kronhusbodarna | Gothenburg, VG

In this World Premiere famous composer Du Yun creates a new piece for Göteborg Art Sounds based on recordings of children' songs, played in collaboration with five great Swedish musicians in the project GAZE. Don’t miss this unique experience!
Du Yun works at the intersection of opera, cabaret, electronics, noise and more. Her opera, Angel’s Bone won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize and in 2018 she was named a Guggenheim Fellow. Du Yun is currently Professor of Composition at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and distinguished visiting professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. As a curator, she was the Artistic Director of MATA Festival 2014-2018, conceived the Pan Asia Sounding Festival and founded a FutureTradition Initiative in China where she works with folk musicians from around the world.
Nina de Heney is one of the most influential musicians on the improvisation scene in Sweden. A position she cemented for a wider audience when she received the Jazz Musician of the Year Award during the Swedish Jazz celebration. Her solo records have been unanimously praised in the press. She is originally from Switzerland and has studied in the US for Miroslav Vitous at The New England Conservatory of Music.
My Hellgren works as a cellist in many different contexts. She is most active in contemporary art music and is a member of Curious chamber players, GAHLMM and Duo Diabas. My likes to collaborate with composers, but is also interested in what can happen outside the world of sheet music and has explored this in various ways.
Lisen Rylander Löve is a Gothenburg-based saxophonist Lisen Rylander Löve internationally active in jazz, improvisation and experimental music. She is active in several constellations, including Here’s To Us, Kärnfamiljen and The Splendor. For the past five years, she has also been running the solo project OCEANS where, in addition to sax, she uses voice and live electronics.
Jonas Larsson helped start the new music group Gageego! almost 30 years ago. He has since played percussion instruments in the group’s various projects and concerts, both in Sweden and abroad. In addition to contemporary chamber music and solo music, he works as a freelance musician with opera and symphony orchestras.
Martin Öhman combines acoustic drumming with electronic elements in a synergy that makes him a sought-after musician in jazz and experimental music. He plays everyday with, among others, Klabbes Bank, Thomas Backman and Lisen Rylander Löve OCEANS.
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Children and Young Adults under 18 years are welcome for free! Please still reserve your ticket through the link, as seating is limited.