"IND / ASTORAL"

The initial idea of IND/ASTORAL was to organize a live event to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven by surrounding his 6th “Pastoral” Symphony with music from the 20th century and in such a way to make even bolder the discussion about the forces of nature in the life of a human. Juxtaposition of Beethoven’s serene and invigorating music with shockingly brutal industrial sounds of “Symphony of sirens” by Arseniy Avraamov and ethereal yet humanly warm voice of electric instrument ‘ondes Martenot’ in Olivier Messiaen’s piece creates complex meaningful interplay between industrial, pastoral and astral, thus this cumbersome portmanteau title – IND/ASTORAL has arisen.
The current version of this project is a kind of reaction to the forced restrictions caused .....