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WE WILL GATHER IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR FOREMOTHERS AND FOREFATHERS
INUÁNIMA is a music and performance duo consisting of Aviaja Lumholt (Inuit/Danish) and Igor Rado (Balkan/Danish). Their music is inspired by the magnificence of nature, the primal power of man and the mystery of life.
In ambient soundscapes, Inuánima evokes vocals and drum songs inspired by their original cultural heritage. With hand drums, guitar, keys and vocals, they play songs in Greenlandic, Danish, English and in their own developed language “Inuánima-dunn”. Inuánima is the duo’s word for “The Soul Of Everything”
INUÁNIMA er en musik og performance duo bestående af Aviaja Lumholt (inuit/dansk) og Igor Rado (balkan/dansk). Deres musik er inspireret af naturens storslåethed, menneskets urkraft og livets mystik.
I ambiente lydlandskaber fremkalder Inuánima vokaler og trommesange, der er inspirerede af deres oprindelige kulturarv. Med håndtrommer, guitar, keys og sang spiller de sange på grønlandsk, dansk, engelsk og på deres eget udviklede sprog “Inuánima-dunn”. Inuánima er duoens ord for “ Alting's Sjæl ”


SPIRIT OF THE EARTH IS SPEAKING TO US
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Aviaja Lumholt is a greenlandic/danish singer, pianist, composer, performer, drumsinger and mask-dancer. She has a Master from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, and was trained in maskdancing from the greenlandic theatre, Tuukkaq. She grew up in both Greenland and Denmark, and has also lived in Japan, Germany and the USA. She now lives in Copenhagen. In 1996 she recieved the Roland Music Price for mixing inuit drumsinging with contemporary music. Aviaja has explored inuit culture and nature philosophy on many stays in especially North Greenland, and has done music- and maskdancing workshops in several countries i.a. Greenland, Denmark and Alaska. She has been a feature artist on many albums, film- and theater soundtracks, tv-shows and in the radio, and performed with artists from all over the world.

Igor Rado is born and raised in Denmark, with parents from ex-Yugoslavia. He has a Master in Film Composition from the Danish National Academy Of Music. He is a producer, multi instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, performer and video-maker. He has worked as a film actor in Danish TV series i.a. The Killing 2. His work is now mainly focusing on working in the duo INUANIMA, exploring Inuit and Balkan culture, inpired by orthodox chanting, the Greenlandic drum song and mask dance (Uaajeerneq).



