Projects
Concert
Five Seasons
The foundation of SonCe debut project Five Seasons is a series of ancient ritual songs plucked from various Ukrainian folk repertoires for different occasions throughout the year. Although its base lies in well-established tradition, the direction that the group ultimately pursues with these melodies is anything but conventional and is likely to surprise and delight even the most seasoned of listeners.
Powerhouse vocalist Maryana Golovchenko anchors the ensemble with her assertive yet candid delivery while her collaborators, cellist Pau Sola Masafrets, and Cengiz Arslanpay (who employs modular synthesizers and wind instruments such as the ney, kaval and duduk) paint a rich and detailed sonic environment around her. All three members of the unit are versatile musicians whose practices are nourished by immersion in multiple musical worlds. This is audible in SonCe’s unique interplay which combines the spontaneity and textural orientation of free improvisation, electronic music’s sense of mood and colour, and a delicate linear sensibility that extends from contemporary European jazz.
Zemlya
Zemlya is a 1930 Soviet silent film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, part of his “Ukraine Trilogy.” The movie explores the challenges of collectivization and the resistance faced from kulak landowners during the First Five-Year Plan. Inspired by Dovzhenko’s own life and experiences with collectivization in Ukraine, the film received a largely negative reception in the Soviet Union due to its historical backdrop. Despite this, “Zemlya” is widely hailed as Dovzhenko’s masterpiece and is recognized among the greatest films ever made.
In 2021, the Eye Film Museum in Amsterdam asked Trio Sonce to create a live soundtrack for a movie screening. The trio gladly accepted the invitation and performed the soundtrack live during the movie. They collaborated with Geerte de Koe to craft a brand-new set of music, drawing inspiration from the traditional Uraekean tradition.