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A Winged Victory for the Sullen Last time in Lisbon: 5 years ago

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Culturgest

Rua Arco Do Cego, 1000-300, Lisbon, Portugal

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We promised it for June 2020, but it didn't happen, swept up in the flood of cancellations forced by the pandemic and lockdown. It was permanently marked in our archives as "postponed" because we never wanted to assume its definitive disappearance: finally, A Winged Victory For The Sullen is performing at Culturgest, almost exactly six years later. The plan, at that time, sparkled with the album The Undivided Five, released shortly before; however, they added Invisible Cities to that album, a soundtrack for a multidisciplinary work by Leo Warner and Sdii Larbi Cherkaoui, based on the book by Italo Calvino. With Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Wiltzie immersed in a successful film composition career, life on the AWVFTS stage became rare and special, which made this very brief return to live shows even more precious and, inevitably, unmissable. Here is the waiting as a serene virtue that foreshadowed a radiant winged victory.

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Live reviews

Mesmerizing, captivating, engrossing; there aren’t enough words to describe the vast and expansive experience you’ll get from watching A Winged Victory for the Sullen, the composer/pianist duo made up of Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie. The ambient, classical, post-rock experience will leave even the most seasoned orchestral attendee breathless.

Slowly building crescendos, long, dreamy chords, and lightly piercing piano keys make for an ethereal experience, allowing you to whimsically drift away with the long, drawn out melodies. Melancholy yet empowering, the enigmatic compositions cast an unforgiving spell on its captivated listeners.

Composer Adam Wiltzie is best known for ambient projects, mostly notably Stars of the Lid, The Dead Texan, and Sleppingdog, but has also worked on Hollywood TV and film scores, including that of Transformers and Nip/Tuck. Similarly, O’Halloran is known predominantly for composing film scores including Maria Antoinette, Like Crazy (with Wiltzie), and Now is Good.

It’s because of O’Halloran and Wiltzie’s intimate perception of human emotion that allows for a deep connection to the music, letting both orchestral aficionados and first-time venturers appreciate the sullen ambience of the duo’s compositions.

Their latest work, Atomos, was composed for the Wayne MacGregor Random Dance Company and debuted in 2013 at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre, with the accompanying album having been released October 2014.

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