[Extra listening] 15.00 h: “The underground cliff concert” - the Faroese composer and pianist Kristian Blak in conversation with Dr. Jelle Dierickx

The Faroe Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean between the British Isles, Norway and Iceland. They have their own language and culture and as a nation with equal rights they belong to the Kingdom of Denmark. They are also home to an ensemble whom composer and pianist Kristian Blak writes his music for: inspired by the islands’ traditional music and their magnificent landscapes, improvisationally spontaneous, floating freely between the styles and as unpredictable as the Faroese weather. Yggdrasil is the world tree in Northern mythology lowering its roots into the deepest depth of the underworld – YGGDRASIL have already played concerts in the rock caves of their craggy islands, now they dive into Sanssouci’s underworld and take you into the grotto behind the jubilee terrace’s vine covered arches and onto a fantastical journey of sound all the way to the Faroe Islands.