Moor Mother / Razen

VIERNULVIER & Gent Festival van Vlaanderen

Thu 17.09

19:30 - 22:30

De Vooruit, Gent

Ballroom

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Two concerts that draw you in: a voice that reshapes language, and an ensemble that builds a soundscape layer by layer.

Moor Mother is performing a duo set with cellist Mathis Mayr. Camae Ayewa moves between poetry, sound and research, revealing how colonial histories continue to resonate in the present. Her latest album, The Great Bailout, takes its cue from the British compensation for slavery: a government loan, paid off by 2015, which compensated slave owners rather than victims. Voice and cello come together without a fixed division of roles: text, tone and noise creating tension in real time.

The ensemble Razen takes sound itself as its starting point. Their latest album, Stained Glass Starling (VIERNULVIER Records), recorded in a living room and largely in a single take, presents music in its most concentrated form. Brecht Ameel, Kim Delcour and Dick van der Harst, together with Berlinde Deman and Paul Garriau, construct a soundscape much like a painter works: layer by layer, with attention to tension, texture and nuance. A wide range of instruments, including the erhu and the Javanese kacapi, subtly shifts the soundscape.

19:30 - doors
20:00 - Razen
21:30 - Moor Mother
22:30 - end

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A co-production with Gent Festival van Vlaanderen, a leading music festival that focuses primarily on classical music, but is equally keen to explore new horizons through surprising formats and a wide range of musical genres.

Every year, the festival welcomes artists from all over the world: from soloists and small ensembles to impressive symphony orchestras. The programme is bold and diverse, featuring concerts, musical theatre, dance and multidisciplinary performances that interweave different art forms.