July 4, 2025
On August 6th, the Sonar stage of Prizren Fortress will host a night of border-spanning and risk-taking compositions all about breaking boundaries: between acoustic and electronic, urban and rural, traditional and contemporary. First to perform is the Paris-based French-Iranian musician Cinna Peyghamy, followed by the Kosovar-born talent Andra Kryeziu (YAAND) & then the Berlin-based multidisciplinary sound artist Justin Robinson (urbau).
CINNA PEYGHAMY
An ambitious artist who can’t help but explore new avenues of experimental sound design and left-field improvisations, Cinna Peyghamy is a Paris-based French-Iranian percussionist, composer and producer with a knack for the unexpected. While his previous work has been defined by fragmented rhythms, abrasive melodies and abyssal mood swings, his recent projects, such as last year’s fantastic EP The Skin in Between, focuses on the real-time transformation of acoustic sounds, combining the tombak, a traditional percussion instrument, with the endless possibilities of the modular synthesizer. The result is something special: a hybrid, ever-evolving journey across time and space, building a dialogue between the traditional and contemporary and the electronic and natural.
YAAND
Born in Kosovo and currently based in Berlin, Anda Kryeziu (YAAND) is an experimental artist, producer, composer and performer who fuses distinctive contemporary compositions with the aesthetics of hyperpop and electronica. Heavy on the glitch and not afraid to disarm with discordance, YAAND has seen her music performed at various festivals, including ECLAT Festival, Munich Biennale, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, etc. She has also received several scholarships and prizes, including the 69th Composition Prize of the City of Stuttgart 2024, the Prize of Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin, and the Akademie Musik Theater Heute of the Deutsche Bank Foundation. As endlessly inventive as she is uncategorisable, we can’t wait for YAAND to return to Kosovo and show us why she’s one of the most exciting talents on the alternative circuit.
urbau
The work of Berlin-based media composer, audiovisual artist and educator Justin Robinson spans compositions for chamber music and orchestra, having been shown at the Venice Biennale and Ars Electronica, among others. However, as urbau, he concentrates on the intersection of industrial soundscapes and noise. Through the intensive processing of acoustic sources and electronic synthesis, his audiovisual performances build architectures of sound and responsive visuals that examine the relationship between industrial decay and digital abstraction. In turn, we are rewarded with delirious distortion and meditative compositions gloriously smashing into one another, urbau seamlessly combining the digital with the material.
