***SOLD OUT*** ERIC VAARZON MOREL & GIJS SCHOLTEN VAN ASCHAT – DUENDE

According to Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), duende is a kind of Dionysian inspiration that every creative artist struggles with. ‘Duende has to be roused from the furthest habitations of the blood,’ he wrote. ‘It rejects all the sweet geometry we understand, it shatters all styles and drinks from the human pain that knows no consolation.’ Duende manifests itself in all art forms, but ‘where it naturally creates most space is in music, dance and spoken poetry, because these arouse the heart and the senses most directly.’
Three Dutchmen go south in search of a different culture. Two are musicians, playing the guitar and the trumpet, the third reads. They embrace the language and music of the south. They go to Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and meet Lorca, Alberti, Pessoa, Drummond de Andrade, flamenco, jazz and more than they can tell on one night.

In the midst of Dutch winter they offer scorching sun, Latin love and a languid siesta. Eric Vaarzon Morel, Eric Vloeimans and Gijs Scholten van Aschat do battle with one other, using their strongest weapons: Eric & Eric with music, Gijs with words. Words become rhythm, music becomes language, blurring boundaries. ‘Give me some more wine, because life is nothing.’