Biofonia

BIOFONIA is a work by Danish composer Mathias Madsen Munch, created for a young Danish audience. With a captivating blend of music and animation, children are invited on a journey into the Latin American rainforest, presented as both an acoustic sanctuary and a centre where nature, culture, and worldviews collide.

The first movement (8 minutes) is inspired by the Atlantic rainforest and the Indigenous peoples and cultures who live there, represented by the Guaraní people. The music is composed for marimba and orchestra, with Danish percussionist Ronni Kot Wenzell as soloist.

Danish Cultural Institute’s intercultural facilitation enabled an artistic collaboration with the Guaraní vocal ensemble Coral Guaray Oua. BIOFONIA premiered at the Viborg Animation Festival in September. The second movement, AMAZONICA, to be composed in 2025, will explore the Amazon rainforest and some of its many peoples and cultures.

Mathias Madsen Munch’s activities are supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the OpEn grant, as well as by the Danish Arts Foundation.

Partners:

Mathias Madsen Munch, Ronni Kot Wenzell, OUROS ANIMATION (Rikke Planeta, Philip Piaget, Inez Kristina), Remulus, Viborg Animationsfestival, The Animation Workshop, The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Danish Arts Foundation.