2025 - 2026 FACTORY student led: CHOIR
CHOIR is a continuation from 2023 - 2024 Factory ~ Student Led: word of mouth / choir organized by Seán Bean, Elif Cadoux, Sille Kima & Zoé Couppé and 2024 -2025 Factory led by Mia Tamme, Alkmini Gkousiari, Bel McLaughlin
Now caried by Agnese, Agnese, Erik and Leo.
MARCH 15, 2026
CHOIR - La cuda, qualchi vota, si fa testa
Led by Magdalena Beliavska, Agnese Krivade, Agnese Fieno Spolverini, Erik Peters, Leo Hugendubel
When: 17:30 - 19:00
Location TBA
The choir is back in Matera!
As we are going to South Italy, we are going to sing a modern Sicilian folk song, inspired to Sicilian protest happened in Catania after the killing of a protestor against the government by the police: La cuda, qualchi vota, si fa testa.
The song is trying to call for the revolt of the people against the rich and the powerful: “sometimes the tail becomes the head”.
Come warm up with us and let’s sing together (no experience needed, every voice is very welcome)!
JANUARY 20, 2026
CHOIR – Elnias Devyniaragis
Led by Magdalena Beliavska, Agnese Krivade, Agnese Fieno Spolverini, Erik Peters, Leo Hugendubel
When: 20:30 - 22:00
Starting Location: Exhibition Space
As we enter the dark and snowy Nida, we will be reminded that it is the cold winter that used to be celebrated as the start of new life in the ancient Lithuanian traditions. It all ends and starts with the Winter Solstice – the turning point of the year, when the longest night gives way to the gradual return of light. In ancient belief, this date was not simply an astronomical event but a threshold of transformation. This symbolic meaning has later permeated into modern Christian traditions.
Singing has always been at the heart of these observances. In Lithuanian tradition, folk songs and ancient sutartinės – multipart polyphonic vocal forms – were living expressions of cosmology, community, and continuity. These songs carry symbols of cosmic cycles and open the portal for strange creatures and unlikely natural events, representing the rhythms of seasonal life. Awaiting the sun, harmonizing our voices with each other, we will summon blooming linden trees and the life-giving Deer Mother – Elnias Devyniaragis – carrying celestial bodies within her nine antlers.
NOVEMBER 24, 2025
CHOIR – LE TOURDION
Led by Agnese Krivade, Agnese Fieno Spolverini, Erik Peters, Leo Hugendubel
When: 10:00 - 12:00
Starting Location: Music Room - Chapel
Do you want to use your voice?
Vibrate those vocal cords?
Be a part of a buzzing swarm?
Come sing with us!
Each confluence, we will warm up our voices before we get familiar with a new song/technique, sometimes connecting us to the region, setting us in the room.
In this session we’ll continue learning “Le tourdion” by Pierre Attaignant (XVI century) and more.
Everyone is welcome, no singing abilities required <3
OCTOBER 2, 2025
Led by Agnese Krivade, Agnese Fieno Spolverini, Erik Peters, Leo Hugendubel
When: 16:00 - 17:30
Starting Location: Music Room
Do you want to use your voice?
Vibrate those vocal cords?
Be a part of a buzzing swarm?
Come sing with us!
Each confluence, we will warm up our voices before we get familiar with a new song/technique, sometimes connecting us to the region, setting us in the room.
Everyone is welcome, no singing abilities required <3