InterNations Bogota - Migrant Musics, Sundays of Joy

We will listen to works by authors who celebrated the combination of national traditions from deep knowledge, the will to understand, the spiritual assembly between East and West from the Mediterranean Sea and the Ural Mountains to Japan, the link between Germany and Anatolia, composers who traveled, read and tried to understand our common human experience from music.

- Carlo Domeniconi - Koyunbaba movement #1
Born in Italy. Studied in Germany. Lived in Istanbul.

Quotes from the composer:
"Getting to know another cultural area is a very sensitive work that requires a lot of respect and deep knowledge. Only in this way can we really come together"
"Choose your music with a lot of respect for the guitar. Only if the music is one hundred percent adapted to your instrument and your abilities will you have the opportunity to transmit something spiritual"

- Sofia Gubaidulina (ExUSSR) - Serenade
Rebellious, religious spirit, persecuted by the Soviet regime, lived in Germany from 1992 to her death on March 2025. Encouraged by Dmitri Shostakovich to follow her creative “wrong path” labeled “irresponsible” by Soviet authorities due to alternative tunings. Improvised with unconventional instruments. Introduced unusual combinations of instruments.

Quote from the composer: “There is no more important occupation than the recomposition of spiritual integrity through musical composition”.