
Tales of a Bear: «The squirrel that made a forest disappear»
An original animated music fairy-tale for children
Tales of a Bear: «The squirrel that made a forest disappear» is part of the broader project "Tales of a Talking Piano" and is a music fairy-tale for children and adults, in which contemporary piano music composed on the subject of the child is intertwined with an original fairy-tale.
A squirrel, the darkness-woman and a walking tree meet up in an original music fairy tale about diversity. Stop motion animation and contemporary music create a magic forest of sounds and images, inspired by Sofia Gubaidulina’s work Musical Toys (1969).
Music curation (musical collage, improvisation), piano, keyboard, mechanical-clockwork toys: Ann-Kristin Sofroniou
Original story, libretto: Andriana Minou
Illustration, animation: Christina Spanou
Narration, singing, vocal improvisation: Maria Katrivesi
Sound recording, editing: Kostas Bokos – Studio 19
Commissioned by the Greek National Opera as part of the 6th Online festival «The Bear and the Baritone on Other Planets» on GNO TV [available from December 2021 until April 2022]





