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Mon 03 Nov
Four Compositions on Francis Alÿs' Children's Games (2)
Säulenhalle, Museum für angewandte Kunst
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03 Nov 2025, 17:00
Säulenhalle, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Stubenring 5, 1010 Wien, Østerrike
Children flying kites in Afghanistan, playing knucklebones in Nepal. Snail races in Belgium, orange dances in Denmark.
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Fri 17 Oct
LABORATORIUM #5
Stange
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17 Oct 2025, 19:00 – 20:30
Stange, Sørumvegen 265, 2335 Stange, Norway
Reqiuem for a Star - Cosmic Soundscapes of Destruction and Creation with Cikada String Quartet.
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Mon 22 Sept
Four Compositions on Francis Alÿs' Children's Games (1)
Warsaw
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22 Sept 2025, 19:00 – 20:30
Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Children flying kites in Afghanistan, playing knucklebones in Nepal. Snail races in Belgium, orange dances in Denmark.
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Sun 14 Sept
Four Compositions on Francis Alÿs' Children's Games
Astrup Fearnley
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14 Sept 2025, 15:00 – 16:30
Astrup Fearnley , Strandpromenaden 2, 0252 Oslo, Norway
Children flying kites in Afghanistan, playing knucklebones in Nepal. Snail races in Belgium, orange dances in Denmark.
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Sat 06 Sept
Harpreet Bansal & Cikada String Quartet
Victoria, Nasjonal jazzscene
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06 Sept 2025, 20:00
Victoria, Nasjonal jazzscene, Karl Johans gt. 35, 0162 Oslo, Norway
Indian raga and contemporary Western music merge in the most beautiful way
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news

01/

Night Lives album out now!

When the sun goes down, a new world comes to life that most of us know little about. Cikada has recorded Kristine Tjøgersen's magnificent excursion into this shrouded world of nocturnal creatures.

Night Lives is out now!

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02/

Popping with Cikada

Popping imagines a future where music is shattered into memes and genres blur. Is it a dystopia—or a musical utopia?

A burst of sci-fi, politics, and pop absurdity—Our newest album Popping is out now.

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03/

New CD release!

Check out our new live album with music from Donaueschinger Musiktage 2018 and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2001.

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press

5against4.com

The most impressive theatrical work i experienced at Ultima 2023 was Night Lives, from the irrespressible Kristine Tjøgersen. Equal parts mischievous and childlike, Tjøgersen’s responses to and inspirations from the natural world are always as mind boggling as they are imaginative, and in recent years have been treated to stunning realisations.

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