ADE in the Allard Pierson

During ADE, the Allard Pierson brings Gaudeamus’s collection of contemporary composed music out of the archive and to life in a unique live setting. Producer and dj Tala Drum Corps (real name Tijmen Lohmeijer) and Georgian electronic producer Anushka Chkheidze present two adventurous live sets inspired by this remarkable musical source material.

The Gaudeamus collection

The Gaudeamus collection at the Allard Pierson contains contemporary composed music from 1945 to the present day. Alongside works by well-known composers, it holds a wealth of music by lesser-known artists from around the world. From sheet music and LPs to CDs, audio tapes and cassettes, the collection reveals how composers have been experimenting with sound, technology and new forms of music for decades.

The producers 

For Anushka Chkheidze, the archive became a source of unexpected musical discoveries. Among other things, she came across classical pieces from the 1970s, featuring wind instruments and choral and operatic works. She combines these historical, acoustic sounds with her own electronic music. The result is an experimental mix of rhythms, voices and unexpected soundscapes, in which past and present meet.

Tala Drum Corps has been digging the Allard Pierson: Gaudeamus Collection for snippets, samples and instruments that speak to him and ask to manipulated. These recordings are given new life and serve as the starting point for a performance in which they are paired with tala’s self built instruments and sound experiments, forming a dialogue between new ‘live’ and preserved sounds.
 

The two performances are part of an annual collaborative project by Stranded FM and Gaudeamus, in which young artists delve into the collection and transform archival material into new work.

Expect not a traditional concert, but a musical journey of discovery in which forgotten sounds, radical ideas and contemporary electronics come together in a unique live experience.