Thomas Azier presents PANORAMA, a live performance combining music and images. The music is interpreted together with synthesist Annelotte Coster, saxophonist Maarten Hogenhuis, and string players Stefan Wellens and Sam Faes.
Often described as poignant, Azier’s music carries his strong melodic and melancholic sensibility further in PANORAMA, merging string arrangements and experimental practices into a series of intriguing pieces. His voice becomes an interpretative tool, shifting between male and female, human and animal, mythical and real. Songs are juxtaposed with intermissions and character changes that shift rhythm and mood, like switching channels or scrolling through an endless feed.
The performance unfolds seamlessly, music and images rarely overlap but instead relay one another in an ever-shifting dialogue. Across these disparate fragments, Azier and his musicians slowly craft a cohesive final picture, at times monumental, at times very intimate.
