17 October 2025 - Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
with AISHA PAGNES, ALESSIA SQUARCELLA, ANKE LUDWIG, ANNA DEHAENE, CELIA TORT PUJOL, DANIEL PENCELA, ELODIE COLLIN, IRIS VEESTRAETEN, KATELIJNE MALONMGRE, KEVIN VOETS, KOEN HAAGDORENS, LORRAINE PESCHI, MARTA FRIGO, NICHOLAS CORNIA, PAULINE LEBBE, SARA NYGARD, SARA PASTERNACKI, SARA SIMIONATO, SASA HARA, THOMAS VANDENABEELE, TOMER DAMSKY
The Quantum Choir, a newly formed heavy-folk ensemble at the Conservatoire, dissects folk songs and ancient texts—liturgical and profane—through radical interpretations of devotional music from diverse cultures. Led by interdisciplinary composer Tomer Damsky, the group explores her song collection and vocal methods, forging an idiosyncratic sound with uncompromising energy. This performance shares experiments from Damsky’s project ‘The Voice of Many Waters’, reimagining mystical texts by 16th-century Spanish Carmelite nuns through folk tunes, Iberian polyrhythms, and deconstructed medieval hymns.
Image: (c) Daria Miasoudova
The concert is followed by the launch of the FORUM+ October 2025 issue 'Imagining Otherwise'
Practical
- 17 October 2025, 13u00 - 13u30
- Witte zaal, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp - Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerpen
- Open to all
This performance is part of Art x Research x City - ARIA's month for Research in the Arts, and research festival ARTICULATE 2025