CTM 2025: Adela Mede + Marta Forsberg + Nindya Nareswari + Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko

6pm: Adela Mede with Marta Forsberg & Nindya Nareswari

The SHAPE+ supported Slovak-Hungarian artist Adela Mede met Marta Forsberg through a shared interest in collective singing, either with acoustic voice or computer generated choirs. For CTM they come together with visual artist Nindya Nareswari to explore these topics through a special new performance of Mede’s original compositions. Mede’s blend of traditional folk influences and contemporary electronic textures weave English, Slovak, and Hungarian into her music. Each language carries fragments of memory and emotion that shift with the sound of her voice, creating a deeply personal yet universal experience. Her songs will be enhanced by Forsberg's experience in sonic minimalism and immersive environments, and Nareswari’s work with the ephemeral and emotive qualities of light and perception.

7pm: Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko Гільдеґарда

In this German premiere together with Ukrainian singer Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, the composer Heinali reimagines Hildegard von Bingen's compositions with authentic Ukrainian folk singing techniques and generative monophony and polyphony techniques on modular synthesizer, highlighting the visceral quality of von Bingen's writing, which is often missing in traditional Early Music interpretations. This requires the singer to put in a raw, almost inhumane transcendent effort. Through Гільдеґарда (Hildegarda), Heinali and Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko place Ukrainian traditional culture in a broader European context, actualising Hildegard's material to express their war-related experiences and a different, and challenging understanding of spirituality that arises from these.