Elena Urioste

Odyssey Ensemble makes its London debut at Kings Place with a programme featuring Max Richter’s ‘The Four Seasons Recomposed’ with Elena Urioste as soloist and the world premiere of a brand new work combining orchestral music with poetry and electronic sound art. This performance themed around refugee journeys explores themes including memories, loss, new life, and hope. Odyssey Ensemble is the UK’s first professional musical collective dedicated to sharing real-life stories of asylum-seekers and refugees in their own words. This programme opens with a new piece featuring poetry written and read by asylum-seekers and refugees forced to flee persecution, reflecting on what they carried with them on their journeys into their new lives. The poetry is paired with music for string orchestra composed by Odyssey’s composer-in-residence, Sarah Jenkins, and electronic sounds designed by their resident sound artist, Noah Lawson. Richter’s interpretation of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is performed by star soloist Elena Urioste, taking on fresh meaning coupled with short films on refugee experiences of the four seasons. The performance will last approximately 90 mins, including an interval.