Voices from Letters: Imershón in Amsterdam

Fri Jun 25 2021 at 07:00 pm to 08:15 pm

Felix Meritis | Amsterdam

Voices from Letters: Imersh\u00f3n in Amsterdam
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Imershón is an intimate live concert that immerses the audience in Curaçaoan music, cultureand history. From then and into the now.
Composer and percussionist Vernon Chatlein fuses his own contemporary compositions with sound fragments from the past, in order to give "an ode to our ancestors, our language and all its magic" in his own words.
The archival collection Zikinzá in which Father Paul Brenneker and literary artist and anthropologist from Curaçao “Ompi” Elis Juliana recorded anecdotes and songs from the Afro-Curaçaoan culture in the 1950s form the basis of all the musical compositions for Imershón.
Chatlein focuses on furthering his research on the Muzik di Zumbi from Curaçao by putting his findings in a performance context with Imershón. The rhythms and grooves are blended
with modern sounds and improvisation and gives you a one-way ticket to the Dutch Antilles and the rest of the Caribbean.
Line-up
Sophie Anglionin - keys
Franklin Caesar Breeveld - flute & bass clarinet
Lidrick Solognier - percussion
Vernon Chatlein - percussion
Tickets €20
*This concert will be recorded live*
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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