Heinali and Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko 'Гільдеґарда (Hildegard)'

Composer and sound artist Heinali (Oleh Shpudeiko, * 1985, Kyiv), together with vocalist Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, (* 1997, Lviv), present Гільдеґарда (Hildegard), a collaborative project based on the music of the 12th-century abbess and polymath Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179). 

Moving between early music, modular synthesis, and vocal practice, the performance conveys a spatial and embodied experience, where low frequencies and sustained tones are felt as much as heard, creating a sensorial field shaped by the somatic experience of war. Two compositions by Hildegard von Bingen are performed at a radically slowed tempo, unfolding through drones and generative structures that shift between monophonic and polyphonic forms. Emphasizing its physical intensity and timbral range, Saienko’s voice draws on Ukrainian folk singing, a tradition that endured despite attempts to standardise and neutralise it. Rather than an act of cultural preservation or a romanticized homage to the past, the project deliberately avoids the idealisation and exoticisation of folk music.

This concert is presented as a double-bill with a concert by Abdullah Miniawy. We recommend purchasing a combined ticket for both concerts.

Meeting point: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, main hall

Price info: This concert is presented as a double-bill with a concert by Abdullah Miniawy

Combined and single tickets available online

Price: €15.00

Reduced price: €12.00

Next date:

• Date Wednesday, 08/July/2026 19:00 bis 20:00
• Venue KW - Institute for Contemporary Art
• Address Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin-Mitte