RITCS masterclass sound art: Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman (free showing)

The annual sound art masterclass introduces master students from the Radio and Sound Design programmes of the RITCS to the work of Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman. Lierman is invited to spend a week working with them around the themes, concepts and techniques of her artistic practice. The students work towards a presentation moment in which they experiment with these ideas and incorporate them into their own practice. The event is free and for everyone.

Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman (Karago, Rwanda, She/Her) studied musical composition, radio documentary, western classical and jazz singing. Her work, a synthesis of radio art and musical theatre from an Afro-European perspective, has been described as: pioneering, bold, provocative and delicate. She brings unique stories to life in an accessible ánd innovative way: often based on acoustic sounds and soundscapes that she moves around like 3D cinema for the ears. Her main focus is the (non) human voice, as well as her many personally gathered field recordings from East-Africa. Recently she designed the acoustic scenography for Nothing to see here, a production by Studio Nergens premiering at IDFA 2025. She collaborates with other artists in a variety of disciplines and fields and has won many prizes at home and abroad. Lierman is the newly appointed Aurality and Orality tutor for the MA Non Linear Narrative program at KABK (The Hague).