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We invite you to a unique concert "Honey for The Ants", which will take place in the chamber hall of the Podkarpacka Philharmonic.
When? June 29, 2025, 6:00 PM
Tickets required, available soon*
The following will perform on stage: Wojciech Rusin - electronic instruments, vocals, Lara Agar - violin, vocals and SONOS Quartet consisting of: Małgorzata Hlawsa - flute, Marta Huget-Skiba - violin, Anna Grzybała - viola, Joanna Urbańska-Mikszta - cello. The artists will present a program entitled "Honey for The Ants", which is also the title of Wojciech Rusin's latest album. The project was specially prepared for the East of Culture Festival European Culture Stadium 2025.
Wojciech Rusin - Polish composer and audiovisual artist living in London. His work is inspired by alchemical and gnostic texts, choral music from the Renaissance and Eastern European mythologies. Rusin experiments with 3D printed instruments, creating unique sounds. In 2022, Wojciech Rusin was an artist of the SHAPE+ platform. He played concerts at the Unsound festival in Krakow and MENT in Ljubljana, as well as at the New Music Festival in Bristol. He also performed and led music workshops with the Common Wealth theater, including at the Piaf festivals in Perth (Australia), URB in Helsinki (Finland) and at the Albany Theatre in Chicago. He composed the music for the play No Guts No Heart No Glory, filmed for BBC Four. He played solo concerts in Berlin, Chicago, Prague, Cologne and the UK. He also recorded an episode of the project "Miejscówka z Dwójką" for Polish Radio. In August, she will perform at the prestigious BBC Proms in Bristol, UK.
Lara Agar is a London-based composer and performer whose music combines electronic soundscapes and sampled material with acoustic instruments.
Described as “crackling like static” (The Times), her work develops in abstraction, often embracing elements of indeterminacy and vocality, while also allowing for mess and quiet chaos. She has collaborated with a wide range of artists and musicians, establishing close and lasting creative relationships across dance, visual art and film. She is interested in randomness, finds and uncertainty. In 2023, Lara released her debut EP Solstice on October House Records. In 2022, she was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for This Unquiet Autumn. Her music has recently been performed and interpreted by, among others: Explore Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Juliet Fraser, Mark Knoop, Plus-Minus Ensemble and Quatuor Bozzini. Her works have been featured on BBC Radio 3’s Night Tracks and New Music Show, as well as on NTS and Noods Radio. They have also been performed in venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Milton Court, Sadler’s Wells, Iklectik and many independent and grassroots venues in the UK and Europe.
The Sonos Quartet is the core of the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of Tychy, known in Poland and Europe. It is one of the best chamber orchestras in Europe and the undisputed leader in Poland. The quartet, consisting of flute, violin, viola and cello, offers rich possibilities of arranging classical, film, musical and popular music. The ensemble performs in Poland and abroad, including Germany, Austria, the USA. It also performs at music festivals, including: Michał Spisak International Festival, Sosnowiec Days of Known and Unknown Music, Silesian Guitar Autumn, Silent Film Festival, Jazz Autumn of Tomasz Stańko. In 2018, the band presented Polish music at the International Conference "BRIDGE of Cities" in Vienna. SONOS Quartet has been involved in music education for years. It takes part in cyclical events for children such as: Aukso4kids, Kaleidoscope (NOSPR), Children's ENCEPENCE. The band cooperates with Asia Mina - a sound artist, together they performed at the Kropka+Kreska Festival in Łódź, presenting their own project aimed at children "Asi Mina and Sonos fly to COSMOS". Curator and event coordinator: Sławomir Nosal
Substantive support: Aleksander Rusin
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Project within the East of Culture festival European Culture Stadium 2025