InnerSound 2012

InnerSound New Arts Festival was created by young and enthusiastic artists from Romania, who gave it an unique format at its first edition in 2012. The organizer and its partners (The National Peasant Museum, The National University of Music in Bucharest – The Center of Electroacoustic and Multimedia Music, Aiurart Gallery and so on) are set to offer the people in Bucharest a fresh sonic and visual oasis at the end of each torrid August.

Left: photo by Sabina Ulubeanu

InnerSound New Arts Festival wishes to create a new perspective on art music by embedding it in different visual projects – from photography exhibition, silent short movies with live music to multimedia shows. InnerSound is growing into a strong platform for the emerging composers, instrumentalists, photographers, visual artists and film directors, while at the same time including in its program internationally renowned artists (such as Alexandru Tomescu, Henry Vega, Anat Spiegel, Dublin Sound Lab or Irina Ungureanu, in 2012).

The theme of InnerSound 2013 is Mysterium. Provocative and challenging for both the artists and the audience, Mysterium refers to the European medieval tradition of syncretism. The idea of “mystery plays”, the predecessors of theatrical manifestations, is updated to contemporary secular realities. The InnerSound audience is invited to discover the hidden meaning behind every event, by hearing, seeing, feeling and interacting with the magic the artists prepared for them.

The starting point? Again, a photo by Sabina Ulubeanu.

What will happen in 2013

• MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCES – GEST (Poland) - Bytom Crew and Friends (Krzysztof Wolek - live electronics, Domink Strycharski - voice, recorders, electronics, Sebastian Smolyn - trombone, electronics, Artur Smolyn - electronics, Marysia Stoklosa & Aleksandra Borys – movement); WEAPON OF CHOICE (Austria)– Barbara Lueneburg (violin, electric violin, iPod) & Marko Ciciliani (computer, iPod, lights, video); a new show from Cătălin Creţu – composer, performer (Romania); AROUND AND ABOUT ARACHNEEA (Romania) – Irinel Anghel (performer) & Mihai Cucu (video)

• EXPERIMENTAL POP CONCERT from Holland: CONTROLLAR (Anat Spiegel – voice, Thomas Myrmel – computer, Gur Spiegel – drums)

• SILENT FILM NIGHT – short silent films with live music performed by a chamber music group and written by young Romanian composers, an original and exciting InnerSound event that had a huge success last year

• CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS – ENCOUNTERS IN TIME AND SPACE – a series of concerts that mix musics from all eras and styles, that also started in 2012: Matei Ioachimescu, Ana Chifu (flute), Laurenţiu Darie (bassoon), Raluca Stratulat (violin), Ana Topalovic (cello) will also hold workshops for the young composers and performers

• VOCAL RECITAL – ANAT SPIEGEL (Holland): voice, LP players, electric guitar

• ELECTRONIC MUSIC – DARK ROOM AUDITIONS (audio installation with international electronic musics), DARK ROOM INSTALLATION (an interactive audio installation created by Cătălin Creţu and supported by the Romanian Association of the Blind), electronic music competition (Atelier 35, part of the “Aud Bucureşti/I Hear Bucharest” project)

• PANTOMIME-CONCERT -  GYÖRGY LIGETI’s Musica Ricercata and Hungarian Rock (re)interpreted by Adiana Paler-Nicolescu (piano, cembalom) and Mihai Bisericanu (actor)

• PHOTO-EXHIBITIONS – CONTEMPORARY MYSTERIES – special guest: Johanna Si (Austria)