Opening concert & reading

THE TEMPLE OF NOTHING – THE MAGIC

Gundi Feyrer: Born in 1956 in Heilbronn am Neckar. Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg. Since 1980 she has created book objects, material books, drawings, animated films, videos, radio plays, theatre pieces, and performances combining word, image, and sound. She also works as a translator from English and Spanish; for Ritter Verlag she translated Angelica’s Grotte (2002) and VICTOR HUGO – Dichter, Künstler, Politiker (2022). In 1992 she became a member of the Bielefelder Colloquium Neue Poesie. Since 2007 she has also created miniature portraits (painted terracotta) and composed her own music. She has received numerous awards and grants. After extended stays in Rome, Paris, Graz, Madrid, Vienna, and Córdoba, Gundi Feyrer now lives in Vienna and Cologne. Most recent publications: STIMMIGE IRRTÜMER. Kein Tagebuch (Intervallverlag, Cologne, October 2024) SÄTZE, DIE GEDANKEN REGNEN. Ein Tagebuch mit Streiflichtern aus der Kabbalah (Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt, 2024)

Nanar Vorperian was born in Addis Ababa, spent many years working within London’s artistic scene, and now lives in Tuscany. A singer, actress, and writer, she has collaborated with numerous internationally renowned artists and producers and has performed across Europe, the United States, and Japan. As co-founder of Break Reform and Abstract Blue Recordings, she brings together music, literature, and performance in a distinctive way. Alongside her artistic work, she is active in the fields of literature and education and, together with her partner David, founded the bilingual learning initiative “Shades of Green / Sfumature di Verde” in Tuscany. She has recently completed her first collection of poetry and is currently working on the second book in the “Shadow Boy” series. Her Armenian roots and multicultural background deeply shape both her poetic voice and her artistic work.

Ara and Suren Vorperian-Smith were born in Camden, London 2011. The were home educated in London, Kent and the Wirral after which they moved with their parents to Tuscany attending Sfumature di Verde. Autodidactic, the taught themselves how to read and play their primary instruments; piano and guitar. When in Tuscany they started regular formal tuition with Jason Compton (piano) and Francesco Milazzo (guitar). They have been gigging with their trio, Jazzmataz, and have been interview on regional television, TV 9 Toscana. They are due to record their first E.P this year and are the youngest in their cohort to be accepted onto the Berklee College of Music/Umbria Jazz Clinic summer programme for piano in Perugia 2026.