Kāna Pocket: Percussion trio performs music using everyday objects
10 May
The percussion ensemble Kāna Trio is making strong strides and rapidly building a name for itself.
In the summer of 2025, this engaging trio of young percussionists — Rens Rutten, Hugo Pereira and João Sequeira — won the Dutch Classical Talent Award, earning praise from the jury for their pure sense of spectacle and flawless ensemble playing. On Sunday afternoon, 10 May, the trio can be heard in the intimate concert setting of Pakhûs SOLO in the Vitus Church in Feinsum, with a programme full of “music after John Cage”.
After numerous performances and tours across the Netherlands, the trio concluded that there was a need for new music and new projects. Composer Friso van Wijck wrote Trio for Percussion for them in 2022. Annija Zarina composed At Once for the trio on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Festival Wonderfeel. And what happens when you lose your materials? Composer Florian Magnus Maier explores this question in his piece L…
In the summer of 2025, this engaging trio of young percussionists — Rens Rutten, Hugo Pereira and João Sequeira — won the Dutch Classical Talent Award, earning praise from the jury for their pure sense of spectacle and flawless ensemble playing. On Sunday afternoon, 10 May, the trio can be heard in the intimate concert setting of Pakhûs SOLO in the Vitus Church in Feinsum, with a programme full of “music after John Cage”.
After numerous performances and tours across the Netherlands, the trio concluded that there was a need for new music and new projects. Composer Friso van Wijck wrote Trio for Percussion for them in 2022. Annija Zarina composed At Once for the trio on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Festival Wonderfeel. And what happens when you lose your materials? Composer Florian Magnus Maier explores this question in his piece Lost Luggage.
Part of the concert revolves around Kāna Pocket: a selection of works for small-scale set-ups using everyday objects such as computer keyboards and other household items. The trio also performs contemporary works by composers including Nuno Lobo, alongside their own improvisations developed during their Dutch Classical Talent Tour, which they won in 2025.
The young ensemble has also won first prize at the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours and the Short Film Prize at the International Percussion Competition Luxembourg in 2022. Both juries and audiences are impressed by the hypnotic, symbiotic interplay of the Kāna Trio. The three musicians command an enormous palette of sound, ranging from whisper-soft marimba rustling to the most ominous, primal jungle force. With ease, they demonstrate that rhythm exists in everything and everyone. Their performances are powerful, yet never overwhelming. The trio has already been featured regularly on NPO Klassiek.
This concert lasts 70 minutes and includes a drink during the short intermission.
Programme curator Beate Loonstra: “The energy and enthusiasm simply radiate from this trio. This is a perfect match for the Frisian spring! There may even be changes to the seating arrangement in the Vitus Church, placing the audience right in the middle of the performance. It’s remarkable how these young musicians create music using everyday objects. It’s not only great fun; it also makes you look at and listen to your surroundings in a completely new way.”