Sonic Architecture: SLOW – Ying-Hsueh Chen

Ying-Hsueh Chen genbesøger Brønshøj Vandtårns unikke akustik med en stedsspecifik koncert, hvor musikken opstår spontant i samspil med rummets særlige resonans. Vandtårnets svævende loft og massive betonsøjler skaber en usædvanlig akustik, hvor lyden hænger i luften i op til 15 sekunder.

Marimbaens træ mod beton skaber en dyb, mørk og lagdelt lyd, mens de lange ekkoer giver plads til et langsomt og meditativt musikalsk forløb. Her bliver stilheden mellem tonerne lige så vigtig som tonerne selv, og efterklangen former musikken og bliver en medskaber.

Det bliver en radikal SLOW-koncert – en meditation over lyd, tid, materiale og rum.

Om Ying-Hsueh Chen

Ying-Hsueh Chen (1983) er taiwansk-dansk slagtøjsspiller og komponist. Hun er internationalt anerkendt for sit ekstraordinære sceniske nærvær, sine banebrydende fortolkninger af ny musik og sin næsten shamanistiske tilgang til performance, improvisation og komposition. Gennem flere år har hun udviklet stedsspecifikke koncertformater, hvor lyd, rum og resonans er bærende elementer – blandt andet i Brønshøj Vandtårn.

Sonic Architecture: SLOW er en serie musikalske og performative undersøgelser af arkitekturens betydning for lyd. Undersøgelserne blev dokumenteret koncertfilmen Mirage (2025), som begejstrede anmeldere og blev fulgt op af udsolgte koncerter i Brønshøj Vandtårn.

OBS: Vandtårnet er ikke opvarmet - husk lunt tøj. Døre åbner kl. 18.30. 

Støttet af Statens Kunstfond og Københavns Musikudvalg. 

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Ying-Hsueh Chen returns to the unique acoustic space of Brønshøj Water Tower with a site-specific concert, where the music emerges spontaneously in dialogue with the tower’s remarkable resonance. The floating ceiling and massive concrete pillars create an extraordinary acoustic environment, allowing sound to linger in the air for up to 15 seconds.

The marimba’s wooden tones striking against concrete create a deep, dark, and layered soundscape, while the long echoes invite a slow, meditative musical journey. Here, the silence between the notes becomes just as important as the notes themselves, and the reverberation shapes the music as an active co-creator.

This will be a radical SLOW concert – a meditation on sound, time, material, and space.

About Ying-Hsueh Chen

Ying-Hsueh Chen (1983) is a Taiwanese-Danish percussionist and composer, internationally acclaimed for her extraordinary stage presence, groundbreaking interpretations of contemporary music, and her almost shamanistic approach to performance, improvisation, and composition. Over the past several years, she has developed a series of site-specific concert formats in which sound, space, and resonance become integral parts of the artistic experience – including works created for Brønshøj Water Tower.

Sonic Architecture: SLOW is an ongoing series of musical and performative explorations of architecture through sound. The project was documented in the concert film Mirage (2025), which received critical acclaim and was followed by a series of sold-out performances at Brønshøj Water Tower.

Please note: Brønshøj Water Tower is not heated, so we recommend dressing warmly. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Supported by the Danish Arts Foundation and the Copenhagen Music Committee.