Singer-songwriter, composer and producer Katarzia is preparing two concerts with her band. They will be played in Brno and Prague. Both performances will feature a special line-up combining acoustic instruments and electronics. The music and lyrics will be enhanced by projected works of Czech-Icelandic artist DVDJ NNS. In addition, the Brno concert will be filmed by Czech Television under the direction of Tereza Reková. At the same time, Katarzia will be presenting some new work - her electronic album "Rest in Euphoria" with music composed for the eponymous performance of Prague's Cirk La Putyka will be released in early December.
Last year, Katarzia returned to the acoustic form of her work on the album "Št'astné dítě", which received two nominations at the Slovak FM Radio_Head Awards, and put together a band consisting of Robin Galia - keyboards, Miloš Klápště - bass guitar and Oliver Lipenský - drums. However, this basic line-up will be expanded for the upcoming special concerts in Brno and Prague with the addition of Aid Kid - electronics, František Vaníček - trumpet and Simona Hulejová and Erika Rein - vocals. The visual side of the performance will feature projections created to go with Katarzia's lyrics by Czech-Icelandic artist DVDJ NNS and light design directed by Tomáš Košt'ák. “I see these two upcoming gigs as special concerts, where we’ll be going through several albums with the band and Aid Kid, and are preparing new visual projections by Kateřina Blahutová aka DVDJ NNS, with whom we’ve been working since Antigona," says Katarzia. "We were inspired by metal and funeral poeticism as a metaphor for sadness in music. We want to shift the traditional black as the colour of mourning to pink. I think my lyrics are best understood by women and sensitive people, and that's why I'm looking forward to taking the stage with other female singers who write music, lyrics and songs themselves," she adds. The Brno concert will be recorded by Czech Television, directed by Tereza Reková, and is planned to be aired next year. Guests on both nights will be jazz band Baron Haze, which also includes Robin Galia and Simona Hulejová, part of the Katarzia line-up.
The Brno concert is scheduled for 19 November at 8:00 p.m. at the Fléda club in Brno.
In addition to gigging, Katarzia is also coming out with something new. The release of her new album "Rest in Euphoria" is scheduled for 7 December, containing music composed for the theatre production of the same name by the Cirk La Putyka theatre ensemble. The release date is the date of the renewed première of the show, which will be performed thirty-one times this year on the Jatka78 home stage in Prague's Holešovice during December 2024 and January 2025. "Rest in Euphoria" combines elements of contemporary cabaret with the context of the rave scene to celebrate freedom and sexuality in a place where we can not only tolerate but love our world in openness and freedom.
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