FIBER x Bimhuis:
Fennesz + Christina Vantzou with John Also Bennett
Festival Closing Concerts
Sunday June 1, Bimhuis Amsterdam
20:30 – 22:40
FIBER will close it’s 10-year anniversary edition with a finale at BIMHUIS featuring a double concert by Christina Vantzou with John Also Bennett and Fennesz. The programme presents musicians whose performances evoke the feeling of journeying through vivid sonic landscapes. From hushed and minimal field recordings blended with acoustic instruments, to immersive glitch guitar soundscapes that feel both organic and technological.
Christina Vantzou with John Also Bennett (Live)
Christina Vantzou is a nomadic composer who explores the manipulation of time perception, atmospheres, and harmonies through electronics and acoustic instruments. Her work resembles a sonic diary, where elements from various worlds and environments converge to form an entirely new reality. Field recordings of water, wind, and other natural elements are interwoven with piano, mysterious vocals, modular synths, and flute. For her most recent releases, Vantzou literally worked in the heart of nature, allowing her creative process to be guided by the materiality and rhythms of the natural world. The compositions slowly come together through a direct interaction between the external and internal realms.
Vantzou has released five solo albums, along with several collaborative projects with American composer and multi-instrumentalist John Also Bennett. Their live concerts are experienced as temporary spaces that invite contemplative listening through drifting states, emerging memories, and meditative slowness. Bennett works with various flutes, microtonal synthesis, and field recordings. He, too, often draws inspiration from travel and the resonance of physical spaces.
Fennesz (Live)
After his last solo performance at BIMHUIS in 2014, influential Austrian guitarist, composer, and electronic musician Christian Fennesz returns to the venue.
Fennesz is a pioneer and vital voice in the contemporary evolution of electronic music and ambient. By digitally transforming and processing his guitar sound, he has created a distinctive sonic identity that’s difficult to mistake for anyone else. Expansive, densely layered soundscapes wash over the listener like waves, evoking strong cinematic sensations—of rainforests, vast mountain ranges, or atmospheric flows. Emotionally charged and touched by nature—in some moments even romantic—Fennesz’s music balances between euphoria and melancholy.
He gained international recognition with his third milestone album Endless Summer (2001), followed by Venice (2014), in which ambient-rich textures were combined with elements of pop music. After several releases, Agora (2019) delivered a subtle and highly detailed listening experience of drawn-out sonic forces. At BIMHUIS, Fennesz will perform his latest solo album Mosaic (2024), shaped by a variety of influences: from rock structures and 1980s African pop songs to unusual time signatures. The title reflects an ancient method of image construction—where each new element forms unexpected and interrelated connections with its surroundings. It’s an album where the raw character of the guitar once again takes center stage.
Event Summary
Date: Sunday June 1
Time: 20:30 – 22:40
Location: Bimhuis, Piet Heinkade 3, 1019 GM Amsterdam
Price: € 24.00
