Photo: David Sebastian Lopez Restrepo
Sarah Buchner is a vocalist and voice enthusiast based in Copenhagen.
Her music is dedicated to the shape-shifting capabilities of the voice. In her solo performances, she produces ongoing, quickly altering and surreal soundscapes. By turning her voice from an instrument of individual emotional expression into an anonymous sound source, she aims to filter out a kind of acoustic “non-person”. She is inspired by daily vocal outbursts, electronic music and ASMR and is drawn towards mixing close-up mics and the acoustics of the room she performs in. In her recent album girls choir (ILK, 2024), she built an abstract audio play out of hundreds of vocal recordings. She composes for Puppets and Sound as part of Sono Figures Society and is part of the self-led neo-chamber group Wolfskin Ensemble.
n:ear is a space of closeness and intimacy, experimental music, avant-garde jazz, free improvisation and contemporary classical music. it is a space for attentive listening and sonic discovery in the captivating concert spaces of Banská Štiavnica. with its size and focus, it offers the opportunity to participate in this proximity and to establish unexpected encounters of both musical and non-musical kinds.
The fifth edition of the international festival of improvised and experimental music n:ear will bring artists from ten countries to various venues in Banská Štiavnica. n:ear suggests close and attentive listening, focused and perceptive hearing and promises an intense spectator and listener experience. In addition to concerts, the festival also presents lectures, site-specific performances, workshops, author readings and film screenings.
