Photo . MJ O'Connor

WE WILL GATHER IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR FOREMOTHERS AND FOREFATHERS

INUÁNIMA is a duo consisting of Aviaja Lumholt (Inuit/Danish) and Igor Rado (Balkan/Danish). In ambient soundscapes they sing with strong chanting vocals over powerful drum grooves about the elements of nature, in Greenlandic, English - and their very own intuitive language - inspired by the original Inuit drum song and Balkan mass tradition. In their performance there is something ritualistic and elements of the raw, sensual and humorous mask dance. The duo's music is a tribute to the primal power of nature, multiculturalism, and the mystery of life


INUÁNIMA er en duo bestående af Aviaja Lumholt (inuit/dansk) og Igor Rado (balkan/dansk).
I ambiente lydlandskaber synger de med stærke chantende vokaler over kraftfulde trommegrooves om naturens elementer, på grønlandsk, engelsk -og deres helt eget intuitive sprog - inspireret af den oprindelige inuitiske trommesang og balkanske messetradition. I deres performance er der noget rituelt og elementer af den rå, sensuelle og humoristiske maskedans. Duo`en's musik er en hyldest til naturens urkraft, multikultur, og livets mystik.

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Inuanima from the tribute concert to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Copenhagen january 2024 

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Photo . MJ O'Connor

SPIRIT OF THE EARTH IS SPEAKING TO US

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).