Der Wexel Wessel Westerveld & Yuri Landman: Intonarumori, motorized instruments & experimental instruments

Sedimentary layers of European history: The ensemble performs its own interpretations of Serbian dirges and war songs from the First World War.

Musical remembrance and electro-acoustic sound research: The composition draws on Vietnamese revolutionary songs from the time of the anti-colonial independence movement and anti-US war songs.

As part of “Singing the War,” Rayess Bek is conducting a weeklong workshop for musicians, tinkerers, comedians and artists who will form ranks as the Future War Orchestra. They will write a composition that imagines the soundscape of a future war. The orchestra will perform the composition on the final day of the festival.