Terrapolis #7

The concert series Terrapolis presents artists who seek out the limits of what a musical performance can be. This edition explores improvisation with electronic instruments. Trio Ruben Kotkamp + Lucija Gregov + Christine Cornwell curates musicians from electronic and improvised music who share the stage for the first time this night, to question the boundaries between predetermined sonic structures and the spontaneity of live intervention, and to examine how these forces reshape one another in real time.

Ruben Kotkamp + Lucija Gregov + Christine Cornwell
Trans-disciplinary artist and electroacoustic musician Ruben Kotkamp works with cellist Lucija Gregov and violinist Christine Cornwell in a project that investigates the tension between fixed media and free improvisation. Their working process is cyclical and informed by second-order cybernetics. Feedback between composed material, live improvisation, space, and audience continually reshapes the music. Each performance becomes input for new fixed-media developments, creating an iterative system in which composition and improvisation evolve together.

Bernat Boronat + Cengiz Arslanpay
Bernat Boronat is a clarinetist and improviser with a focus on exploring extended techniques and new sounds within the bass clarinet and other non-conventional instruments. In his solo work, Bernat pays attention to the inherent qualities of the instrument, enabling them to unfold naturally through assistance rather than rigid control. Cengiz Arslanpay is a versatile musician and collector of sounds whose work stands out for its fresh use of traditional instruments and modular synthesizers. Moving fluently between different cultural contexts, he approaches his practice as a sonic nomad, carrying a bag of flutes with many palettes of sound, shaping these influences into music presented through timeless, location-independent performance setups.

Farzané + Sofia Borges
Farzané, a sound artist, creative coder, and researcher, works at the intersection of experimental music and computer science. Her ongoing practice-based research focuses on embodied knowledge in human-computer free improvisation. Sofia Borges is a percussionist, composer, and improviser whose work spans contemporary, improvised, electroacoustic, and interdisciplinary performance. She extends the expressive range of percussion through preparations, custom instruments, electronics, field recordings, and found objects, shaping detailed and immersive soundscapes.

The people at Gaudeamus have kindly offered a limited amount of free tickets for Subbacultcha members. Please make a reservation by sending an email to mailinglist@subbacultcha.nl with ‘Terrapolis #7’ in the subject line + your name in the email.

Registrations are open until 12.00 PM on weekdays.