Santiago Rueda García, MA tónsmíðar

01.05.24 – kl.15:00
Kaldalón, Harpa

Santiago Rueda García
Bilocation Soundwalk: A Cartophony of ‘El Paseo Verdún

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Caput Ensemble

01.05.24 – kl.15:00
Kaldalón, Harpa

Bilocation Soundwalk: A Cartophony of ‘El Paseo Verdún
This is a soundwalk through the open space in front of ‘Kaldalón’ in Harpa, where
the cartophony* of a Colombian ecological path (Paseo Verdún) interweaves with
the sounds of a live Icelandic ensemble in a dual soundscape. Here the kiskadee
and the violin, the blackbird and the flute, the cicada and the trombone, the coqui
frogs and the piano, among others, coexist.

The visitors are invited to walk through this space, be part of, and listen to it from their desired perspective as if they were wandering around the ecological path in Piedecuesta, Colombia.

Santiago Rueda García
Artist, musician, composer and bassist from Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia. His artistic work focuses on the exploration of sound and its timbral possibilities within the oeuvre. He is also interested in the different roles that sound can
acquire, for example, as a means of expression and as a basis for conforming new narratives.

In 2020 he was awarded second place in the ‘Second Composition Contest for string quartet FESTICUARTETOS’, organized by the Q-Arte String Quartet, for his work “Reflexiones”. Since 2021, he has been working with the Santander
International Independent Film Festival (SANFICI) scoring short films produced by the festival and filmed by children from Bucaramanga. Santiago has a bachelor’s in music with specialization in composition and arrangements from the ‘Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga’ (UNAB); a Master of Arts in Composition for Film, TV and, Games from the University of Chichester (United Kingdom) and currently he is finishing his master’s in composition at Listaháskóli Íslands.