Music is like an inverted prism: decomposed beams of light come together in colourful harmonies, through which even discordant words can merge into a new existence. In this project, voice, piano and electronics sublimate the frictions created by OCD and ADHD, until those evolve into an identity-affirming stream of consciousness.
The project is part of the subthemes Re-imagining identity through poetry, Healing Narratives - Poetry, Mental Health and Collective Trauma.
Author
Ailouros Lied-Duo
Ailouros Lied-Duo is an ensemble formed by the Catalan singer Maria Pujades Seguí and the Italian pianist Edoardo Milanello, and has been active since 2019. Alumni of the University of Music Basel, they perform art-songs of any era and origin and do their utmost to ensure that contemporary composers set to music new poems. Well versed in the branch of non-written music as well, their unique feature is the improvisation of a musical setting starting from a poem/text. They won in 2021 a scholarship for the renowned art-song festival “LIEDBasel”. Ailouros Lied-Duo performs regularly in Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Germany.
Author
Oleksandra Katsalap
Oleksandra Katsalap is a Ukrainian composer, performer and pianist, alumni of the “R. Glier Kyiv Academy of Music” and now a student of the University of Music Basel. Katsalap's artistic involvement includes solo performances, music theatre and sound focused works, as well as public participation pieces. Her works are performed at international festivals, such as “Musica” (Strasbourg) and “Contrasti” (Trento). She is the winner of the Eduard Brunner Prize 2024 for composition.
