DARA Strings meets Chuchchepati Orchestra
Nationality
DE/CH
Biography
DARA Strings is a collective of string players who first came together at the annual DARA String Festival in Berlin, founded and curated by Biliana Voutchkova.
Biliana Voutchkova is an interdisciplinary artist, composer-performer, violinist, improviser, curator and educator. She is also Professor of Composition at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB).
The Chuchchepati Orchestra is a sound system based in Kathmandu, consisting of up to 32 horn loudspeakers. These speakers are used in a polyphonic sound installation that interacts with different instrumental ensembles. The orchestra was founded by Patrick Kessler.
Patrick Kessler is a double bassist, experimental musician and sound art mediator, as well as founder and director of Klang Moor Schopfe, a biennial festival held in Gais, Appenzell.
