Contemporary music ensemble in Sweden

A hand rased high, seeking the ideal moment, abruptly descends onto the drum head with the speed of light. And there is a sound. Project TOUCH explores the strength of physicality in music and the awareness of spatial timing as fundamental compositional features.

The geographical extremes of Europe have provided the arts with numerous reference points - especially the North. The focus of this project is on the extremes of Nordic winter with its mute darkness and of summer with its sharp, undiluted intensity of the midnight sun.

We live in a transitional period. Systems that we believed to be solid for decades or centuries are gradually falling apart. Economic growth has been trusted as a positive structure for human development but little by little the negative side effects have been growing out of hand.

Just like falling in love at first sight, everyone experiences a moment in life that provides instant inspiration or emotional transformation from the time you meet a person or encounter an event. Selected composers are requested to compose a new work based on such a moment.