Hofesh Shechter Company is recruiting musicians to join a 200-strong ensemble of Drummers.

Choreographer turned composer, Hofesh Shechter joins forces with sculptor Antony Gormley for one of the cultural events of the season.

Brave and different, Survivor has at its centre an original new score with many rich rhythms, sounds and melodies by Shechter set within a visual landscape by Gormley. Together they determine the rhythm and narrative of the work. 

Shechter’s works have garnered much praise for his music as well as his choreography, marking him out as an emerging talent in both arenas. It is from these works that stem some of the epic, driving themes that fuel his score for Survivor, the first time he centres his creative talents on a concert of music.

“The composition, Shechter's own, includes rock, pop, Baroque and the strains of micro-tonal Middle Eastern music. It is an expert synthesis, which sets the black dog of death at our door.” Evening Standard on Shechter’s score for Political Mother.

Driven throughout by a visceral and emotional score, Survivor is about seeds of feeling, the searchfor continuity and the deconstruction of spectacle. The scale is vast – Shechter’s 30-strong band, an army of 200 drummers and five men inhabit the Barbican stage.

Hofesh Shechter Company is recruiting percussion musicians to volunteer to join this 200-strong ensemble of Drummers for this exhilarating new production... to find out more go to www.hofesh.co.uk