Frédéric Acquaviva & KombatDiva: Live Performance
Schedule
Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
847 Chapel St, New Haven, CT, United States, Connecticut 06510 | New Haven, CT
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Join us in the Biography Room at the Institute Library for a rare American performance by Frédéric Acquaviva and KombatDiva. They will be performing excerpts from Acquaviva's cycle "The 120 Days of Musica" and KombatDiva's own "Singterviews."Concert time: 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10.00 each
Tickets may be purchased via link in listing; we will also accept ticket sales at the door.
The self-taught experimental composer Frédéric Acquaviva (born January 20, 1967) splits his time between Paris, Berlin, and London; we are very lucky to have him visit The Institute Library. In 2020 he was awarded the SWR prestigious KARL SCZUKA PRIZE for his electronic opera ANTIPODES, the third French composer to receive it after Pierre Henry and Luc Ferrari.
Acquaviva has been prolific on the underground/experimental music scene, working with major figures of the historical avant-garde including Isidore Isou, Pierre Guyotat, Henri Chopin, Dorothy Iannone, and mostly mezzo-soprano Loré Lixenberg. Creator of "chronopolyphonic" installations, he works on the notion of "oxymoron" and in the intersection of instrumental or voice, with computer editing since 1990, sometimes including video-texts or live streams, mixing a conceptual approach with physical body sounds.
Mezzo-soprano KombatDiva is a singer/soundartist working across opera, sound art, film, radio, installation and experimental comedy. She has performed and premiered major works from Cage to Walshe, Acquaviva to Aperghis to Sciarrino, collaborating with leading composers, ensembles and institutions worldwide. Her work explodes operatic structure into participatory systems, from singing blockchains and dating-app operas to political parties, film-operas and extended-voice ritual. KombatDiva is the founder of The Voice Party, winner of the Rose d’Or, as well as Phonurgia Nova, Prix Italia and John Cage Awards.
This hour-long performance will be a rare experience; those with an interest in extremely unsual aural experiences and interdisciplinary art will not want to miss this evening.
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