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Wed. 25 August 2021 – 19:30
Brandt Attema
presents:
25/08

Lift Your Eyes beyond the Wall (19:30u)

Looking for conciliation through contemporary music at times of crisis and adversity


The power of music carries across borders and is able to convey a message of conciliation in times of conflict and dividedness.

At times when the world is holding its breath - the conflict between North and South Korea, the German division, the latest Israeli police actions in Jerusalem - sounds of reconciliatory music seem a world away. But these are also moments that inspire composers. As soon as the dust begins to settle, their music can take the first steps towards rapprochement and peace. How do walls sound? How does hope sound? How does reconciliation sound? The soundtracks of a number of conflicts will be explored, aided by fragments of film and text - speeches and poems.

Despite torture and exile, Isang Yun managed to keep looking for a bridge between North and South Korea; György Ligeti was cut off from his western colleagues by the Iron Curtain and his music was censored by the Soviets for years; the Israeli-Palestinian composer Samir Odeh-Tamini writes about conflict in his homeland(s), but also wants to warn us not to fear the unknown.

Georgian cellist Ketevan Roinishvili and Dutch oboist Vincent van Wijk will explore these conciliatory stories and will show how composers managed to make the world a little bit less divided - in however small a way.

Vincent van Wijk - oboe
Ketevan Roinishvili - cello
Sebastiaan Kemner - text

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