18. CODES Festival of Traditional and Avant-Garde Music
27–31 May 2026

ANTONINA NOWACKA (PL)

31 May 2026 / Sunday / 21:00

Amphitheater in Saski Garden

Antonina Nowacka is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music, whose unique practice touches on ephemeral moods and universal communication. With a background in visual arts, she treats sound as a living material, sculpting subtle, minimalist landscapes that invite listeners into meditative spaces. Through years of experimentation in natural acoustic environments and studies of diverse vocal traditions, she has developed a characteristic, hypnotic timbre—ethereal and deeply resonant, often described as reminiscent of a theremin.

Antonina forms a duo with Sofie Birch, with whom she has released two albums (Languoria and Hiraeth) on Unsound Productions. She has also collaborated with, among others, Nicolas Jaar (Weavings) and Agnieszka Polska (Plan Tysiącletni).

“The most remarkable thing about her performance is the compact, rapid vibrato that trembles in a constant, fast stream, like a magnetic field.” Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork

 

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