ZeitGenuss_speaking drums

further presentation at 3 pm

Works by

Péter Eötvös, (music) and Sándor Weöres (texts) 

Featuring

Leonie Klein, percussion and lyrics

Naur glainre iki, vobe gollu vá - the rhythms form words, the words form sentences and the sentences tell a story. Fantasy language meets percussion sounds. In "speaking drums", a drummer teaches her instruments to speak until the drums themselves begin to talk. A language that no one understands, but in which everyone chats along - always in rhythm. A concert for the whole family!

Drumming while speaking is nothing new, if you think of Indian music or jazz. In "speaking drums", Peter Eötvös turns this phenomenon on its head: the soloist begins by speaking meaningless texts in which only the rhythm and the sound of the language are important. The expressive power of this fantasy language lies in the rhythm of the text, which she initially transfers to her instruments - comparable to the childlike joy of discovery when saying and repeating the same word in different melodies. Nonsense poems by Sandor Weöres serve as the basis.

Further ZeitGenuss events 

22. until 26.10.2025 | zwiegespräche – dialogue
22.10.2025 | I am from nowhere  
23.10.2025 | hybrid processes  
23.10.2025 | the day fanny mendelssohn died  
24.10.2025 | sonic city  
24.10.2025 | wunden / ben rentz  
25.10.2025 | sonic city  
25.10.2025 | BETTER ME  
25.10.2025 | TURNS: eyes entangled 
26.10.2025 | metamorphosis

Details can be found here 
ZeitGenuss subpage of the cultural office