What can one say about a first meeting – that moment of open listening, where nothing is yet defined and everything is possible? Two musicians meet without a shared past, only the present moment. Their performance unfolds somewhere between breath and voice, resonance and silence. Out of this moment, a music yet to come emerges, unpredictable, fragile and alive.
For this edition of PHONEM, French hornist Elena Kakaliagou has been invited to play an Ad-hoc concert, a unique opportunity in the festival’s program. Given a list of Swiss and Switzerland-based artists to meet for the occasion, she chose to perform with the singer and sound artist Joana Aderi.