“Facing the Forests” — KIMI ensemble

The trio KIMI Ensemble presents “Facing the Forests”, a sonic and scenic experience at the meeting of accordion, percussion and voice. The title refers to the new work by Berlin based Israeli composer Udi Perlman exploring the forceful silencing of the Palestinian historical narrative.

How do we connect to nature and our inner self, in a world of conflict? Can silence be heard? Emerging from the poetry of Kostis Palamas, Sappho, Juan Ramón Jiménez and Refaat Alareer, the mosaic of this concert is designed upon these questions.

The concert showcases works created for the trio since their formation in 2018, by composers Christos Farmakis, Kolbeinn Bjarnason, Jeppe Ernst and Nick Martin.

🔷 A ‘kimi’ in Icelandic is a ‘small and narrow corner’. This reflects rather nicely with KIMI’s peculiar instrumentation and esoteric repertoire. Based in Copenhagen, KIMI specializes in performing new compositions and their own arrangements of folk music from their native countries, Iceland and Greece. They often engage in interdisciplinary projects, recently as part of the Nordic Pavillion in Biennale Arte 2024, Venice. KIMI’s next project will take place in Rome with the Norwegian theater company “House of Stories”.

Katerina Anagnostidou – percussion
Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson – accordion
Þórgunnur Anna Örnólfsdóttir – mezzo-soprano

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