«EFUNGELIUM TRISTI» by Sono Figures Society had its world premiere on February 15th 2025, 20:00 in KoncertKirken during VinterJazz Festival 🍄

The visual and auditory performance explores how puppets are brought to life in the hands of classically trained musicians.

The project is a collaboration with Damkapellet and I’m thrilled to be performing in it!

Sono Figures Society is a Copenhagen based group comprised of Norwegian composer, musician and puppeteer Marte Røyeng, German vocalist, puppeteer and puppet maker Sarah Buchner (based in Denmark) and Danish-American textile and costume designer Nat Johns. They met over their shared fascination for contemporary puppet theater and experimental sound, aiming to contribute through cross-disciplinary artistic innovation within the Nordic scene for experimental music and theater.

“In the dark recesses of earth and loam, intertwining tendrils of thread connect us, feed us, and leach us dry.

What is individualism in the world of fungi?

A fungal deity holds its court of mycelium subjects, that through sound and movement attempt to find identity, community, and freedom.”

Josefine Weber Hansen: soprano
Nadia Okrasko: piano
Irene Bianco: percussion
Mika Persdotter: viola
Nicole Hogstrand: cello
Nat Johns: puppeteer, puppet- and costume design
Johanne Daucke: tailor
Sarah Buchner: puppeteer, composition
Marte Røyeng: puppeteer, composition
Petter Asbjørnsen: puppeteer

Artwork by Nat Johns

Supported by: Music Norway, Norwegian Society of Composers, Dansk komponistforening, Københavns kommunes Scenekunstudvalg