Jan Decleir, I Solisti del Vento, Red Note Ensemble & Song Circus

Angela Merkel is a fan of Richard Wagner, Barack Obama listens to Bob Dylan and Vladimir Putin likes folk music. Can music improve politicians' minds?
In his cantata 'The State', Louis Andriessen takes a stand against totalitarianism. It became the cult work of contemporary music in the 1970s. In 'Der Tribun', Mauricio Kagel exposes political populism with street-band brass and the music of profligates. In a new play by Dimitri Verhulst, Jan Decleir, as a demagogue, celebrates the dawn of a new political era.
I Solisti del Vento, the Red Note Ensemble and Song Circus set these analyses of the political system alongside a creation by the Scot John De Simone, student of Andriessen and grandson of the founder of the Scottish National Party.