These sophisticated singers blend a contemporary sensibility with specialized vocal techniques from Eastern Europe that have been distilled over centuries. Using only the pure unaccompanied voice, they create a constantly shifting landscape of sound, pulsing with angular rhythms, where dramatic dynamics leap from delicate stillness to shattering resonance, and seamless unisons explode into lush incomprehensible chords.
“KITKA’s songs are hauntingly beautiful, simple, yet otherworldly. The rich sound these women produce resonates as if energized by the universe itself, as if it were calling all live beings and still matter into togetherness and unity.”
— Ching Chang, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
KITKA's material ranges from ancient village duets to complex contemporary choral works. The many languages in which they sing are largely unfamiliar to American ears — Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Ladino, Laz, Latvian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Yiddish. It is exactly this unfamiliarity that is so riveting, as KITKA’s sensitive precision lifts their work out of the merely musical into a universe beyond words, an experience that is primal, elemental
“KITKA’s Simply amazing harmonies…truly this is the most wonderful singing I have ever heard.”
—David Crosby, CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH
Please note: The ensemble respectfully requests that attendees wear nN95 masks. See the homepage for information on measures the Raven has implemented to improve air filtration and ventilation inside the theater.
These sophisticated singers blend a contemporary sensibility with specialized vocal techniques from Eastern Europe that have been distilled over centuries. Using only the pure unaccompanied voice, they create a constantly shifting landscape of sound, pulsing with angular rhythms, where dramatic dynamics leap from delicate stillness to shattering resonance, and seamless unisons explode into lush incomprehensible chords.
“KITKA’s songs are hauntingly beautiful, simple, yet otherworldly. The rich sound these women produce resonates as if energized by the universe itself, as if it were calling all live beings and still matter into togetherness and unity.”
— Ching Chang, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
KITKA’s material ranges from ancient village duets to complex contemporary choral works. The many languages in which they sing are largely unfamiliar to American ears — Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Ladino, Laz, Latvian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Yiddish. It is exactly this unfamiliarity that is so riveting, as KITKA’s sensitive precision lifts their work out of the merely musical into a universe beyond words, an experience that is primal, elemental
“KITKA’s Simply amazing harmonies…truly this is the most wonderful singing I have ever heard.”
—David Crosby, CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH
Please note: The ensemble respectfully requests that attendees wear nN95 masks. See the homepage for information on measures the Raven has implemented to improve air filtration and ventilation inside the theater.
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