1 VICTOR GUAITA

A MAGIC STATE

“You can get an inkling of the BEAUTY ENERGY being released in the process of the global sources’ fusion, of the micro and macroplasma evo-involution, the gravity – imponderability of the sound plasma gliding into the psyche space, extending senses beyond senses.

Coming from and going towards THE ETERNAL (the outer time) the music CREATES into the time A MAGIC STATE OF THE SOUL.
This is its single aim and reason to exist.”

Excerpt from Sound Plasma – Music of the Future Sign or My D High opus 19 ∞, Horatiu Radulescu, 1973

PROGRAMME

Giacinto Scelsi – Manto I
Olga Neuwirth – Weariness Heals Wounds I
Gyorgi Ligeti – Hora Lunga (from Sonata for Solo Viola)
Horatiu Radulescu – Das Andere op. 49

Victor Guaita Igual, Viola

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2 MARIA MOLES

In partnership with Parenthèses Music

Maria Moles, drums

Maria Moles is a percussionist, composer, and producer based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her solo percussion performances draw on ideas from the Kulintang music of the Philippines and contemporary electronic production to weave hypnotic webs from layers of unmetered pulse that slowly undergo subtle textural transformations. In collaborative contexts ranging from free improvisation, jazz, and contemporary composition to experimental pop, Maria contributes an acute sense of touch, placement and timbre, unashamed virtuosity, and a powerful rhythmic drive.

Maria has been a highly active performer within Melbourne and Nationwide over the last fifteen years. Her debut EP ‘Mondo Flockard’ was released in 2016 through the Perth label Tonelist and was listed on Avant Music News under Best Albums of the Year. In 2017, Maria composed and performed a score for percussion and electronics for Ben Christensen’s 1922 film ‘Haxan’ at Dark Mofo festival in Hobart, Tasmania. Performing solo, she has opened for Claire Rousay, MY DISCO, Clever Austin (Hiatus Kaiyote), Chris Corsano (Bjork, Thurston Moore, Evan Parker), Oren Ambarchi, and Alex Zhang Hungtai (Dirty Beaches). Maria’s solo LP ‘Opening’ was released through Nice Music in January 2019. She was a recipient of the Art Music Fund in 2020 and released her second album ‘For Leolanda’ via Room40 in 2022.

Maria has performed and collaborated with artists including The Australian Art Orchestra, Anthony Pateras, Speak Percussion, Jim Denley, Amos Roach, Lucas Abela, Krakatau, Andrea Keller, Dave Brown, Jenny Barnes, Carolyn Connors, Scott Tinkler, James Rushford, Pheeroan Aklaff, Ernie Althoff, Tenzin Choegyal, and The Splinter Orchestra. She is currently the drummer for bands/artists Jaala, Ajak Kwai, Jonnine (HTRK), and Doroth, and has previously drummed for Mildlife, Jess Ribeiro, Francis Plagne, Evelyn Morris, On Diamond, Horatio Luna, and JK Group. Maria has also worked as a session drummer for Sui Zhen, Gena Rose Bruce, Jess Cornelius, Harry Angus, Chitra, Max Sharam, Ryan Downey, Grace Turner, Low Talk, Taylah Carroll, and Darren Hanlon. Throughout fifteen years of diverse experience, she has emerged as one of Australia’s finest drummers and improvisers, bringing her unique yet versatile percussive sense to countless musical situations.