3. 6. 2010 at 19.00, Old Hall of Slovene National Theatre Maribor

Salt Itinerary

Authors of performance: Miguel Azguime and Paula Azguime
Performer: Miso Ensemble and Miguel Azgiume

About the performance
Salt Itinerary is the end result of a creative project on writing: on musical writing, poetic writing, gestural writing of the musician/actor and of his own image, in which the voice is the extension of the body and of the thought of the poet. Salt Itinerary transcends theatrical and music conventions introducing Miguel Azguime and Paula Azguime’s concept of the new Op-Era.
Reflecting on Art and Madness, it revolves around languages, words as meaning and words as sound. Both are used as an extension of the body and melted in the construction of the staging as a tangible projection of the resonance of the words through sound and image.
Live audio and video electronic processing and diffusion of the voice, poetry, gestures, music and the drawings creates a polyphony of senses and a counterpoint of meanings.
Moulding sounds, lights, pictures and movements as if being drawn, painted or carved, Salt Itinerary is a powerful, engaging and challenging combination of music and drama by one performer that shapes new grounds in electronic music and breaks boundaries between music, theatre, opera.

About the performer
Miguel Azguime's work is distinguished for its originality and diversity. His musical world reflects an approach that relies on his multifaceted capabilities as a composer, a percussionist, an improviser and as a poet.
In 1985 he founded Miso Ensemble – a flute and percussion duo recognized by the public and by the critics as one of the most important Portuguese contemporary music groups. Besides giving numerous concerts in Portugal, the Miso Ensemble has regularly performed abroad.
Miguel Azguime has received various awards for composition and performance, has composed for diverse formations, instrumental and/or vocal with and without electronics, electroacoustic music, sound poetry, including music for exhibitions, sound installations, theatre, dance and cinema. He has received commissions from several national and international prestigious institutions.
Azguime's music has been performed by renowned soloists, ensembles and conductors, being regularly presented at major festivals of contemporary and electroacoustic music.