Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop x WhatWhy Art (Seoul) x Konstantin Heuer

"Cheop Cheop San Maek" (Korean for "mountain ranges stretching endlessly one after another") is a project by Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, in collaboration with the Seoul-based ensemble WhatWhy Art and composer Konstantin Heuer. At its core is a new work that combines classical string instruments, traditional Korean instruments, and electronics into a multi-layered sonic space. The project explores and integrates microtonal approaches and transcultural sound practices without homogenizing distinct musical traditions. The resulting shared sonic space is not a uniform style but a dynamic structure, akin to a topographical landscape, where friction, resonance, and untranslatability are just as significant as convergence and connection. "Cheop Cheop San Maek" thus articulates a transcultural practice that transcends exoticism or appropriation: a coming-together rooted in listening, sensitivity, and structural parity, enabling new forms of collective sound production without erasing differences.

Cheop Cheop San Maek is a project by Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop. Funded by Musikfonds e.V. with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. With the kind support of Aventis Foundation. The Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.