Musical Utopias Saturday with Ela Orleans, Ivan Vukosavljevic, Pavla Beranova, Ensemble Klang & Joana Gama

20.15-21.00 Grote Zaal – Ensemble Klang (Ela Orleans & Pavla Beranova)
21.30-22.30 Korzo Studio – Ivan Vuksavljevic & Joana Gama

Saturday evening revolves around the world premieres of Ela Orleans with visual artist Pavla Beranova for Ensemble Klang and Ivan Vukosavljevic’s work for Portuguese piano virtuoso Joana Gama.

Ela Orleans, Associate Maker for Ensemble Klang, is a Polish audiovisual artist and composer who blends image and sound in surprising ways. From horns combined with breakbeats to driving lo-fi drum “n” bass, she always knows how to grab your attention with her unexpected sound. Her work has been exhibited and performed at MoMA PS1 (New York), MASS MoCA (Massachusetts), the Venice Biennale and TATE Britain, among others. This new work combines light, film, mise-en-scène and music. You can also listen to a brand new project by Ivan Vukosavljevic.  A mind in the heart is his 3rd album, created in collaboration with Portuguese pianist Joana Gama. Consisting of 8 movements, it is composed under the veil of sounds of sacred music from Ivan’s homeland of Serbia. The work is immersed in the classical sound of the piano, the mystery of the Orthodox chant, the horizontal play of drone and melody, and the eternal presence of the sacred in music.