Clips & mini-docs made together with Joris-Jan Bos for Korzo Theatre: SUMMA by choreographer Samir Calixto, live music by the Cello Octet, music written by Arvo Pärt, specially orchestrated and recomposed for the Amsterdam based octet. With Quentin Roger and Chiara Mezzadri, light design by Pavla Béranova.

SUMMA

Samir Calixto | Cello Octet Amsterdam, Korzo producties

A performance about the longing for consolation and tranquility to music by Arvo Pärt

The iconic music of Arvo Pärt is a source of inspiration for many people because of its timeless and almost ethereal quality. The purity and freedom of his music touches on the longing for consolation and tranquility in times of confusion and unrest. The tranquility and silence in Pärt’s work are just as important as the musical notes. It is this ‘music of silence’ that brought together choreographer Samir Calixto and the Amsterdam Cello Octet to create Summa. Pärt called the Cello Octet ‘ein Goldstück’ and wrote compositions specially for them that now form the basis for Summa. With great concentration, eight ‘cellists and two dancers present a synthesis of the music and knowledge that is locked inside our bodies: a ‘summa’ of our human complexity.

compositions Arvo Pärt | live music Cello Octet Amsterdam | choreography Samir Calixto | dance Quentin Roger and Camilla Montesi / Aimee Lagrange (original cast Maria Chiara Mezzadri) | light design Pavla Béranova | costumes Min Li | set design Samir Calixto | set Pink Steenvoorden | cellists Esther Torrenga, Sanne van der Horst, Sanne Bijker, Geneviève Verhage, Marcus van den Munckhof, Claire Bleumer, Rares Mihailescu, René van Munster

Summa is a Korzo production and is financially supported by the City of The Hague, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds, VSB Fonds, Zabawas and M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting.