Lullabies for Lost Worlds
Schedule
Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC+05:30Location
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, INDIA | Mumbai, MH
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Lullabies for Lost WorldsWorld-fusion concert · Alternative puppet theatre · Art as a Tool for Change
Matija Solce — puppeteer, musician, theatre director, actor, activist and festival organiser — comes to Mumbai as part of his world tour for a special hybrid evening of music, theatre and dialogue.
This event brings together excerpts from his alternative puppet performances, a live concert with the trio Zamee, and a talk about the art-activist movement Float 2 Gaza.
🎶 CONCERT – ZAMEE (world-fusion trio)
A virtuosic trio created through long collaborations (Zamee, Etno Histeria World Orchestra), blending folk roots and contemporary energy.
Indian traditions meet Balkan rhythms and melodies (Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria), combined with Southern Italian pizzica, Scandinavian polskas, South American folk, and Palestinian lullabies.
Expect dynamic arrangements, live improvisation, and playful audience interaction — a concert that feels like travelling through multiple worlds in one night.
Line-up:
🎤 Sabiha Khan – vocals
🥁 Vinayak Netke – tabla
🪗 Matija Solce – accordion
🎭 THEATRE
Matija Solce studied at the Theatre Academy in Prague, exploring the musical perspective of puppet theatre. In his company Teatro Matita (est. 2002) he merges traditions such as Southern Italian hand puppets with classical literature (Kafka, Tolstoy, Jarry…) and modern alternative/object theatre.
His shows have been awarded more than 40 times internationally and performed from major festival stages to remote villages across the globe.
Expect bold humour, rhythmic complexity, playful improvisation — accessible for all ages, with strong layers of social and political critique.
🗣 TALK – Float 2 Gaza
Matija is also program director of the Slovenian site-specific festival Floating Castle (Plavajoči grad), which in 2025 hosted 220+ groups and over 1,000 artists.
That year, the festival hosted Float 2 Gaza — a live, interactive, multimedia event connecting musicians, puppeteers, storytellers, journalists, activists, actors, acrobats, orchestras, choirs and audiences in Gaza with artists around the world. Thousands witnessed a simultaneous happening in Gaza and Slovenia, creating real-time connection and collaboration across borders and isolation.
The project continues as a movement of global art mobilisation: art not only as expression, but as a tool to break stereotypes and walls — and to reclaim humanity where it is being erased.
✨ One evening. Many formats.
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