Fluid States | Concert of the MIKAMO Central European Chamber Orchestra

17 May 2025. 7:00 pm
Budapest Music Center - Concert Hall
1093 Budapest, Mátyás utca 8.

In “Fluid”, we explore how music shapes and reshapes states of being, identity, and perception through five exciting works of varied stylistic origins, spanning contemporary visions and cultural reflections. Olga Neuwirth’s Un posto nell’acqua sets a literary and meditative tone, evoking Herman Melville’s symbolic connection between water, contemplation, and existential reflection. Nico Muhly’s Drones, Variations, Ornaments explores musical fluidity, seamlessly navigating between stability and nuanced shifts. Péter Eötvös calls his piece a "ritual", where every movement, every beat has a special role, and gestures and sound appear in absolute unity. John Adams’s vibrant Son of Chamber Symphony accelerates the pulse, evolving minimalist patterns into dynamic rhythmic dialogues of kinetic energy. Finally, Leoš Janáček’s evocative Moravian Dances, newly arranged for chamber orchestra by Csaba Ajtony, bridge past and present by transforming folk traditions into contemporary soundscapes. This concert invites you to experience music as a continually evolving flow of ideas, traditions, and sounds.

The MIKAMO Central European Chamber Orchestra was founded by critically acclaimed Viennese University of Music and Performing Arts graduates in 2007. The ensemble considers concerts Gesamtkunstwerk and regards historic music repertory as the extrapolation of new works from our time. While dedicated to living composers and the repertory of current music, MIKAMO also promotes artistic continuity in defining a Central European musical heritage by regularly performing in defining concert halls of Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Central Europe in general.

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