INUANIMA
INUANIMA

Photo . MJ O'Connor

INUANIMA is a duo consisting of Aviaja Lumholt (Inuit/Danish) and Igor Rado (Balkan/Danish). Their music is inspired by the magnificence of nature, the primordial power of man and the mystery of life. In ambient soundscapes, Inuanima evoke vocals and powerful drum grooves inspired by their indigenous cultural heritage. The duo's music is a tribute to multiculturalism and a positive coexistence between nature and man. Inuanima is the duo's word for "The Soul of Everything"


INUANIMA er en 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 Inuanima vokaler og kraftfulde trommegrooves, der er inspirerede af deres oprindelige kulturarv. Duoen's musik er en hyldest til det multikulturelle og en positiv sameksistens mellem naturen og mennesket. Inuanima er duoens ord for "Alting's Sjæl"


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

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ALICE May 2025

INUANIMA was formed in 2019 by Aviaja Lumholt and Igor Rado. They met during a music project in Narsaq, South Greenland. INUANIMA played their debut concert in freetown Christiania, Copenhagen. Since then they have played all over Denmark as well as Greenland, Switserland, Germany, Finland, Faroe Islands and Iceland. The music and performance is inspired by drum- and mask dancing. 

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 root material working in the duo INUANIMA, exploring Inuit and Balkan culture, inpired by orthodox chanting, the Greenlandic drum song and mask dance (Uaajeerneq).



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