Mata Festival 2023 at Roulette

May 31, 2023 – Evening 1: Sound, Space, Ritual
This evening features pieces that set intentional and even ritualistic space for deep listening, meditation and improvisation.

Akari Komura – Moon Greeting
Che Buford – I have been here before
Dion Nataraja – Kafka, Postmortem
Isabel Crespo Pardo – la línea será
Kristofer Svensson – Av Hav
Yiheng Yvonne Wu – Sound-Body/Sound-Space
Maja Linderoth – Mouthpiece

June 1, 2023 – Evening 2: Plug In, Turn Up
In this evening’s performance we turn it up, recontextualizing and harnessing elements of live band shows of all kinds to transform the energy of the contemporary classical listening space....

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May 31, 2023 – Evening 1: Sound, Space, Ritual
This evening features pieces that set intentional and even ritualistic space for deep listening, meditation and improvisation.

Akari Komura – Moon Greeting
Che Buford – I have been here before
Dion Nataraja – Kafka, Postmortem
Isabel Crespo Pardo – la línea será
Kristofer Svensson – Av Hav
Yiheng Yvonne Wu – Sound-Body/Sound-Space
Maja Linderoth – Mouthpiece

June 1, 2023 – Evening 2: Plug In, Turn Up
In this evening’s performance we turn it up, recontextualizing and harnessing elements of live band shows of all kinds to transform the energy of the contemporary classical listening space.

Ivy Alexander – Infinite
Alexander Noice – Ambit
Jennifer Grossman – Meridian
Corie Rose Soumah – SPINNING, TOUCHED, UNDREAMT; SNOW
Aaron Edgcomb – L'amour:La Mort
Ben Richter – P A N T H A L A S S A: Dream Music of the Once and Future Ocean
Yiheng Yvonne Wu – Sound-Body/Sound-Space
DM R – New Work Commissioned by FSN for the 2023 MATA Festival

June 2, 2023 – Evening 3: Voice, Lineage, Humanness
This evening features works about people and the nuances of our collective humanity. We examine lineages, histories and voice, confronting human beauty, human pain, and the connections in between.

Jessica Pavone – Hidden Voices
Jimena Maldonado – Repeat their names - Mvt. II, Feminicidios, Mvt. III, Resistencia
Molly Joyce – The End
Yan Ee Toh – Of Celestial Dreams
Lila Meretzky, – All mute things speak today
Che Buford – i said...
Jaehoon Choi – Brushing
Sofia Scheps – New Work Commissioned by FSN for the 2023 MATA Festival

June 3, 2023 – Evening 4: Mosaic: Memories and Mosaic: Dreams
This evening is a special event curated by Ensemble-in-Residence Found Sound Nation.

Mosaic: Memories – an experiential and performative mythology of the hidden cosmologies expressed in the stories, song traditions, home rituals, and relationships of women.

Mosaic: Dreams – A collection of short pieces that take us into the dreams of a group of children who live under the shadow of a separation wall, near the Qalandia checkpoint in Ramallah, Palestine.

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