How to deal with the uncertainty of the future? Together with the audience, singer Zola Mennenöh and composer Max Andrzejewski set out in search of musical answers. Inspired by the artist and researcher Lisa Nyberg, they use poetic song lyrics and chamber music with influences from new music and jazz to encourage openness, curiosity and hope in dealing with uncertainty. ‘Our times demand that we learn new skills,’ write Mennenöh and Andrzejewski – including ’actions that involve our body and our feelings and thus awaken self-efficacy and creative power.’
First version performed at Acht Brücken Festival Köln in 2023.
Recorded at WDR Funkhaus on May 1st 2023 and broadcasted by WDR3 the same year. Excerpt can be found on SoundCloud.
Second version, in which I was invited to join, performed at Kunzerthaus Berlin as part of the festival Aus Den Fugen in 2024.
Zola Mennenöh Voice
Lisa Meignin Flute
Jone Bolibar Clarinet
Laura Hovestadt Viola
Ruben Jeyasundaram Cello
Max Andrzejewski Percussion
Lisa Nyberg Lecture Performance
Pictures by Henry Schulz
