The Superstringtrio does not play strings, counts two permanent members and sustains a holy belief in illusions. Parallel to physicists, who try to uncover the laws underlying the subtle vibrations of invisible ‘matter’, the Superstringtrio digs into the hidden order and chaos of tones. It asks itself: Do we use music to see ourselves or does music use us to see itself?

Rollin Rachele ( www.overtonesinging.com) performs, teaches and composes music all over the world and is involved in many collaborative projects involving music and theatre. His specialisation is Overtone Singing which he has been perfecting since 1979. He has recently finished a 4 year BMus programme studying Hindustani vocal music through Trinity Laban at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in London. He works regularly with Unstructured Light, a multi-disciplinary theatre group. He has also produced an English book for learning and perfecting overtone singing techniques (for which he is currently preparing the new, third edition), a music video and 3 music cds.

Mark van Tongeren ( Photography: Jochem Hartz)

Mark van Tongeren is musicologist, singer and sound artist. In 1993 he travelled to South-Siberia for the first time in order to study throat singing, in which one singer produces several tones simultaneously. He is well-known for his work as a scholar and performer of overtone singing. He published an English book on the subject, which is regarded as a reference work. As a musician / performer / researcher Van Tongeren has always investigated the limits of the human voice, of sound and music, and of hearing in general.