Claudia Schwab (IE, AT)
Never shy of crossing borders between genres, traditions and conventions, Claudia's show presents an introspective body of folk-inspired songs with experimental elements. Amalgamating aspects of the worlds of Irish, Austrian and Indian Classical music traditions, her compositions are interwoven with sound samples collected at home in Sligo, as well as during arts residencies in Crete, Austria, India and Sri Lanka. Amidst the sounds of a whistling kettle, wooden drawers, a coffee cup, nuclear alarms or Indian prayers, we hear of unfinished love stories, the yearning to be left alone, diverse “what if” scenarios of re-crafting our lifestyles, or reflections on the startling lack of being present to our own lives.
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Nikoli zadržana pri preseganju meja med žanri, tradicijami in konvencijami, Claudia prinaša introspektiven nabor ljudsko navdihnjenih skladb s pridihom eksperimenta. V svojih kompozicijah prepleta elemente irske, avstrijske in indijske klasične glasbe, vanje pa vpleta tudi zvočne vzorce, zbrane doma v Sligu ter med umetniškimi rezidencami na Kritu, v Avstriji, Indiji in Šrilanki. Sredi zvokov žvižgajočega čajnika, lesenih predalov, skodelice kave, jedrskih alarmov ali indijskih molitev slišimo zgodbe o nedokončanih ljubeznih, hrepenenju po samoti, raznolikih scenarijih »kaj če« in premišljevanjih o tem, kako redko smo v resnici prisotni v lastnem življenju.