
15/09/2025
Last Friday was the official release of Hymnos, a sound piece created by Claudia Radulescu. The release party took place in Bastogne, where Claudia presented the anthem to the city during a ceremony. We met some fantastic people there. It was an intense and warm experience.
HYMNOS by Claudia Radulescu is a sound installation that was presented in 1999 in a park in the Antwerp region that was experiencing the rise of the extreme right. The melody, composed by Michel Hatzigeorgiou, draws on national anthems and symphonic themes, tinged with rebetiko. In 2020, it was revived in Elisabeth Park, Bastogne, during her solo show at the city’s contemporary art center, the Orangerie. Broadcast over six months, the sound settled into the landscape and began to resonate with the city. On 12 September 2025, for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Claudia decides to gift the work to Bastogne. A vinyl release brings together the original recordings and new interpretations by musicians connected to moli del tro and local residents. Hymnos is a permanent work, an anthem offered to the community.
Yellow LP, ltd edition of 250, Available on moli del tro 's Bandcamp, at Tropicall Records, Brussels and le Souffle Continu, Paris (next week)
In collaboration with l'Orangerie, espace d'art.
The Anthem was composed by Michel Hatzigeorgiou and performed by Héron Cendré( Grégory Hairon), l'harmonie de Bastogne, Dorothy Gale, Yuri Lewitt, Nathan Bockholz & Bén Leray, Merzedes Stum-Lie.
Another release party will be held at WIELS, Brussels on October 29th@