Second:ary Premiere in Utrecht

On 7 Sep­tem­ber, as part of the Gaudea­mus con­tem­po­rary music fes­ti­val in Utrecht, Hash­tag Ensem­ble will pre­miere the pro­gramme Second:ary, cre­at­ed under the artis­tic direc­tion of Ania Kar­pow­icz at the invi­ta­tion of the inter­na­tion­al ini­tia­tive ULYSSES’ InSitu/City.

For many years, Hash­tag Ensem­ble has been bring­ing con­tem­po­rary music to unex­pect­ed spaces, direct­ing our work toward uncon­ven­tion­al audi­ences, and cher­ish­ing col­lab­o­ra­tions of a social nature.

In the Nether­lands, we will meet extra­or­di­nary guides — res­i­dents of refugee cen­tres, young peo­ple and adults from around the world, will show us around Utrecht as their sec­ond home. The musicazc.utrecht com­mu­ni­ty works with refugees from Pales­tine, Syr­ia, Egypt, Belarus, Ukraine and oth­er cor­ners of the world. From frag­ments of record­ings, scraps of poems and remem­bered images, Hash­tag Ensem­ble will com­pose an hour-long concert.

The Second:ary pro­gramme is part of Hash­tag Ensem­ble’s mis­sion to bring con­tem­po­rary music beyond con­cert halls, music uni­ver­si­ties, and the nar­row cir­cle of con­nois­seurs and aficionados.