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Heart Whispers and Whirls II

PERFORMANCE

by The Resonant Heart

Melbourne Recital Centre
7 November 2024

at the Primrose Potter Salon

Ticketed:
Standard: $50
Concession: $40

A mesmerising kaleidoscope of multi-lingual poetry, folk songs, movement, and ritual.

The Resonant Heart is a multi-disciplinary ensemble of international women and female-identifying artists who have united to share and create from their collective cultural and artistic knowledge. 

Forming an eternal sisterhood through this process, The Resonant Heart comprises Sudanese poet Nyaluelit ‘Lizzy’ Kuoth, Indian sitarist Sarita McHarg, Iranian artists Vahideh Eisaei and Elnaz Sheshgelani, and the Balkan and Sephardic Jewish music trio SARAY Iluminado Femme, featuring vocalist Nela Trifkovic, and instrumentalists Irine Vela and Kelly Dowall.

Reuniting in 2024, these seven self-described Resonant HeArtists return to the stage to unveil an enchanting blend of cultural, poetic, and musical magic in this intimate Salon experience.

Through a mesmerising kaleidoscope of multi-lingual poetry, folk songs, movement, and ritual, this performance shares rich traditional storytelling and original music in Nuer, Hindi, Ladino, Bosnian, Farsi, and Serbian languages.

From shadow puppetry to the sonorous qanun, sitar, Turkish ney flute and Creatan laouto, witness vibrant dancing to the rhythmic sounds of the Iranian frame drum in this sonic ritual of love and belonging.

Nela Trifkovic, vocals, movement, frame drum
Irine Vela, lute, vocals, frame drum
Kelly Dowall, ney flute, clarinet, vocals, frame drum
Sarita McHarg, sitar, vocals, percussion, movement
Nyaluelit ‘Lizzy’ Kuoth, vocals, spoken word, percussion, movement
Vahideh Eisaei, qanun, vocals, percussion, spoken word, movement
Elnaz Sheshgelani, spoken word, vocals, movement, shadow puppetry


MAV is proud to have auspiced this event. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.