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Daníel Bjarnason's and Ben Frost's Music For Solaris is finally premiering in Iceland! Performing with Daníel and Ben is Sinfonietta Cracovia from Poland. The performance takes place in the brand new concert hall Harpa on Saturday June 4th at 20:00.

The piece, fully named 'We don't need other worlds, we need mirrors - Music for Solaris', marks the 50th anniversary of the original novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem and is inspired by Andre Tarkovsky’s 1972 film of the same name. Created for 29 string players, 2 percussionists, prepared piano, guitars and electronics, Solaris has its beginnings in both Lem's original novel and the 1972 film adaptation by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. It is a re-imagined soundtrack for a film so still as to become almost absent, a story in sound, and an exploration of an interior cosmos. Integral to the project are a series of "film manipulations" specially created by Brian Eno and Nick Robertson, drawing on moments from the original Tarkovsky film to create a visual parallel to the music of Ben, Daníel and the Sinfonietta Cracovia.

The piece was premiered and recorded at the Unsound Festival in Krakow in October 2010 and then performed at Unsound Festival New York and Donau Festival in April 2011.

The Icelandic premiere will, as previously mentioned, take place at 20:00 on June 4th at Harpa (Silfurberg). Tickets can be bought here.