Soundstreams | TD ENCOUNTERS – poitu varen
February 5 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
FREE
“poitu varen” is a Tamil gesture of farewell that roughly translates as “I will go and come back”. Using four pianos and found natural materials connected through a series of specialized transducer speakers, this project explores resonance as a meditative practice. The audience is invited into the heart of the experience with seating arranged in-the-round, dissolving the boundary between performer and observer to realize a unified musical conversation.
Featuring piano, electronics, and double bass, the performance of the title work Poitu Varen, composed by Toronto-based composer Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, will examine how performance objects accumulate gestures and cognitive patterns imbued with layered meaning to create a space for transformation and profound dialogue across generations of music-making. We invite you to join us in building a cartography of collective memory, time, and place.
- A discussion and audience Q&A with composer and curator Kalaisan Kalaichelvan and musicians will follow the performance.
This event is curated by Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, winner of the 2024/25 Soundstreams New Voices Curator Mentorship Program for the Encounters Series.
Soundstreams’ TD Encounters is a free event series hosted in venues across the city. Always offering something different, they are equal parts performance, artist discussion, and Q&A, and give audiences the opportunity to engage with artists and their work in an intimate and relaxed setting.
- Seats are free but space is limited. Audiences are asked to reserve their tickets at the link below.
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