FOR DØVE ØRER + EVELYN GLENNIE ARTIST TALK

Can you feel the vibrations of music with your body, without using your sense of hearing? An afternoon at DR Koncerthuset about what it means to hear and listen.

Artist talk with Evelyn Glennie – recipient of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2023 – 13:30 to 14:30

Ahead of ‘For Deaf Ears’, Léonie Sonning’s Music Foundation invites you to an exclusive ‘Artist talk’ in Studio 2, where you can get close to percussion phenomenon Evelyn Glennie as both a musician and a human being.

Evelyn Glennie has in every way blown up the boundaries of what we traditionally understand by a musician. Her ability to feel the music without being able to hear it, and to express herself on all types of percussion instruments, is magical for anyone who experiences her. Despite her lack of hearing, she has developed into one of the world’s leading solo percussionists. The event will be hosted by radio host and music presenter Benedikte Granvig, and Evelyn Glennie will demonstrate musical examples throughout the conversation.

For Deaf Ears – a music performance by OperaNord – 15:00 to 16:00

The musical performance For Deaf Ears by OperaNord takes you into the resonant space of your body, where you not only hear and feel the music that meets you, but also sense the world around you that you are cut off from.

The audience is equipped with headphones, and during the performance the sound perception is manipulated so that you, for example, are cut off from parts of the work’s sound frequencies or experience some of the special overtones that can often be felt by the hearing impaired in connection with high notes.

The music for For Deaf Ears is created by soprano Katinka Fogh Vindelev and is written specific to the 16-year-old deaf girl Lova Heick, and 70-year-old rock singer Lotte Rømer, who is suffering from hearing loss and tinnitus. The sound collective WeLikeWe, harpist Lovisa Wennesz and flautist Julius Ditlevsen.