Det går över (It Shall Pass)

Sound artist Leo Correia de Verdier was born in Salvador in eastern Brazil. She grew up in Sweden and Brazil. She draws inspiration from classical music and from the folk and popular culture of her countries. She is interested in the social and ritual aspects of music and in how people perceive sound in unexpected situations. Despite their playfulness, Leo Correia de Verdier's works have a serious undertone. Her music is complex in its mixture of fragility and strength, refinement and rawness. The sounds in these compositions are often broken siblings of classical tones that are put together in a new way.

Behind the apparent simplicity lies a sophisticated balancing act between different stylistic references that challenges the listener's habitual relationship with music. Without losing her own voice, Leo Correia de Verdier cares deeply about the listener's profound experience. She encourages engaged and co-creative listening that awakens wonder, thoughts and feelings.

Leo Correia de Verdier created the piece for the sound bench in collaboration with cellist Adina Sabin, who trained at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH) and the Academy of Music in Gothenburg and has performed both as a solo artist and as a member of chamber and symphony orchestras. Together, they share an interest in finding new environments and contexts in which music can take place. 

Leo Correia de Verdier, born in 1980, studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Piteå School of Music, Gotland School of Music Composition, and Janáčkova konzervatoř in Ostrava, Czech Republic. She composes for most types of ensembles, from solo oboe and harp, sewing machine and electronics, to choir and orchestra. She has composed for Hidden Mother, The Swedish Wind Ensemble and the quartet Pärlor för svin, among others. 

Commissioned work for The Sound Bench c/o Hökarängen (2019).