AN EVENING OF SISTERHOOD & MUSIC
Chia Productions, Hugh's Room Live & in·summer present: Sisters in Songs, an evening of music and sisterhood.
Daughters of Donbas is an all-female + non-binary ensemble featuring Ukrainian singer Marichka — activist, war journalist, volunteer combat medic, and winner of the Amnesty International Award. This musical project is dedicated to spotlighting real stories of the thousands of Ukrainian children abducted from occupied regions and taken to Russia. Combining indie pop, neo-classical, and Ukrainian folk polyphony, the program turns original compositions and ancient songs into musical artivism.
On bandura, violin, viola, cello, bass, keyboard, and soaring vocals, every performance becomes a journey through laughter, resilience, and grief. Each song is a testimony to a stolen name, a ruined childhood, and a forbidden voice.
In 2026, Daughters of Donbas presented the program worldwide and continue building toward performances in The Hague near the International Criminal Court.
The duo Hildá Länsman & Tuomas Norvio invite you to join their ongoing exploration between the ancient Sámi vocal tradition of luohti (joik) and modern electronic soundscapes.
Hildá Länsman is a singer, joiker, and musician from Ohcejohka, the northernmost Finnish part of the Sápmi region. She grew up in a family of reindeer herders and joikers, and her work is dedicated to highlighting and developing the Sámi culture.
Tuomas Norvio, a Finnish sound designer, composer and producer, weaves his intricate electronic soundscapes, brimming with urban urgency and metropolitan melancholy, into the spirit of Sámi identity - creating an artistic meeting ground between Helsinki and the high north.
Together they create music that lives both in the past and future, between the tundra and the dance floor.
Hildá Länsman & Tuomas Norvios debut album “Dajan” was released in 2025, described by the duo themselves as an ongoing conversation between tradition and technology, human and machine, earth and electricity. In 2026 they won the Vuoden Etno award at the Emma Galla for the album.
Their live performances are energetic and unexpected, always bringing elements of improvisation that creates an ongoing nerve on stage.
Join us November 24 for a live performance that’s both unexpectedly touching and irresistibly danceable.
