Here we are again, without knowing exactly where we're
going. But we know why.
Because sound moves us, provokes us, and brings us together.
Sound
(Dis)obedience is a festival of listening. And of
what happens when you listen to something unexpected. Music that resists
singularity and resonates on the edges of oceans (as Primož Čučnik puts it in
one of his poems).
A team of percussionists, led by Simon Klavžar, will set
wood in motion with
Timber by Michael Gordon. Jazia — a trio featuring Salwa
Jaradat, Cham Saloum, and Ali Al-Hout — will explore Palestinian tradition. Burkhard
Beins, Tony Elieh, and Maurice Louca (Marmalsana) will stretch nerves with an
acoustic dialogue between drums, bass, and guitar. Italian double bassist Daniele
Roccato will use microtonal nuances and spectral resonances — harmonics,
polyphony, and various preparations — to show how an instrument can sound like a
voice that breathes, whispers, screams, and tells stories. Belgian-Nigerian bassist Farida
Amadou and Panamanian-American trumpeter Aquiles Navarro will, through
repetitions and dynamic, unexpected shifts, become a striking resonator — hissing
explosions dissolving into subtle rustles. The trio of Vesna Pisarović, Tony
Buck, and Noël Akchoté will deconstruct, reinterpret, and reconstruct songs,
questioning what a composition even is. In addition to performances by workshop
participants, the ensemble Thuluth — Magda Mayas, Ute Wassermann, and Raed Yassin — will
explore tensions between silence and chaos, between acoustic sensitivity and
electronic intensity.
Sound
(Dis)obedience brings questions, vibrations,
movements, tension — a space for surprise, discovery, and connection. Come. Listen. Or don’t.
Tomaž Grom, artisticdirector of the festival
Or, to put it another way:
Sound
(Dis)obedience is the best festival in the world.
As always, this year we expect: the most virtuosic and exciting performers,
global stars who play in the world’s most prestigious venues, some of the
finest musicians alive (or even, arguably, dead), and composers whose works
dominate the grandest stages. They are, simply put, victorious in every sense.
Oh, and let’s not forget: the most esteemed, top-tier, cutting-edge, legendary,
masterful, magnificent, and exceptional artists.
In short, (Un)Listening will take you on an unforgettable
musical journey that you absolutely cannot miss. Hahaha.
Sound (Dis)obedience is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and Municipality of Ljubljana.
Sound (Dis)obedience is engaged in staging, development, reflection and
dissemination of research practices in music and sound. An assembly of
diverse events, meetings, presentations of publishing activities, the
implementation of international networks and discussions behind the bar
multifacetedly address this diverse creative field. Sound (Dis)obedience
brings together guest musicians, interested local artists, audiences
and the professional public. As such, it is not only a festival of
certain music, but also and above all an realization of openness,
cooperation and flexibility.
Sound (Dis)obedience is a space for exchange, where by way of
concerts, workshops, lectures, and other forms, different border-line
musical practices can interact with each other.
Past programs