Kirstine Roepstorff & David Hykes

Kirstine Roepstorff in conversation with curator Aukje Lepoutre Ravn and composer David Hykes in Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s cinema followed by a concert in the exhibition with David Hykes accompanied by Lars Bo Kujahn.

Programme: Music of the Spheres of Being
Music by David Hykes
David Hykes, voice
Lars Bo Kujahn, percussion
Harmonic Opening
Spectral Path
Deserted Temple
Two Mantras: Om Mani Padme Hum & Om Ah Hung Benza Guru Pema Siddhi Hum
Let the Lover Be (Rumi poem)
Harmonic Meeting (Sound mandala with the audience)

David Hykes
David Hykes (US/FR) is a pioneering composer and singer, teacher of meditation, conference presenter and visual artist. He founded the Harmonic Presence Foundation which since 1981 has explored resonant relationships between mind, music, and the medicine of healing harmonization. He is a noted “sacred cinema” composer (Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s ‘Travellers and Magicians’, Peter Brook’s ‘Meetings with Remarkable Men’, Ron Fricke’s ‘Baraka’, two films by Terrence Malick, among others. He has released 12 albums, several with his pioneering group The Harmonic Choir, and was the first westerner to collaborate with overtone musicians from Tibet, Tuva, and Mongolia. He has offered concerts for H.H. the Dalai Lama, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoché, Chokyi Nima Rinpoché, Tsoknyi Rinpoché, Rangjung Yeshe Institute, and with the Gyuto and Gyume Monks. Further information about David Hykes and Harmonic Presence at www.harmonicworld.com

Lars Bo Kujahn
Lars Bo Kujahn (DK) started as a rock-drummer in 1975, but has since the 1980’s been working with Balkan and Middle Eastern music. In 1987 he formed the band Kefir (later Svira). In autumn 1988 supported by scholarships, he studied Oriental Percussion from Turkey and the Middle East in Istanbul and Cairo. In 1991 Lars Bo Kujahn published the book “Oriental Percussion” at Percussion Center Publishing CPH. Further information at www.darbuka.dk.