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Mazen Kerbaj presents the world premiere of his composition “From One War to Another”, in which he mixes acoustic, electro-acoustic and electronic sounds and reflects “on how his own role has been altered in experiencing the 2006 Lebanon war and the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza: The memory of violence experienced firsthand has been replaced by the voyeurism of violence inflicted on others.” (Kerbaj) He uses his own adapted version of the crackle synth, one of the first battery-operated electronic instruments with integrated speakers, which uses the physicality of the performers to generate sound. It is followed by a concert from the research project Global Breath, initiated by Marco Blaauw to explore the question of whether the sound of the trumpet can be an element to unite everyone who hears it. This search has yielded numerous new works, including compositions by Milica Djordjević, Wadada Leo Smith, Liza Lim, Oscar Bianchi and Blaauw himself, who examines the natural tonal qualities and possibilities of conch shells in “Enigma”. The concert programme for the trumpet ensemble The Monochrome Project features works by the American composer, performer and installation artist Raven Chacon including “Call for the Company, in the Morning” which takes as its starting point the traditional calls and signals of horns used in fox hunting