Valentina Goncharova presents Every Growing Tree - Live at Le Guess Who?

Idiosyncratic violinist and electronic musician Valentina Goncharova presents 'Every Growing Tree' live during the closing day of Le Guess Who? 2025. 00:45 Dance of Shiva 10:22 Flame Power 21:14 Flight over Time About For some artists, music experimentation and avant-garde emerge as natural expressions, fruits of years of evolution and artistic research. From a very young age, violinist Valentina Goncharova was immersed in chamber and classical music, studying first in Kyiv and later in Leningrad. By the 1970s, her interest expanded to contemporary composition, free jazz and underground rock, but when she found herself outside of those scenes, she felt compelled to craft her own sonic language. Together with her husband, she developed pickups for her violin, enabling multi-track and electronic manipulation to forge her unique sound. This way, Goncharova started exploring the electro-acoustic textures that now characterize her erratic improvised sets and meandrous compositions. This performance is supported by Ukrainian Institute. Captured at TivoliVredenburg's Hertz on Sunday, 9 November 2025. Direction: Dammes Kieft Camera: Anaïs Saebu, Emily Duurland, Hannah Zwaans, Jonathan Sipkema, Nicky Pajkić, Rikash Gobardhan, Yuma Eekman, Dammes Kieft Production: Studio Dammes, Ramon de Lima Montage & Grade: Stijn Blei AC & Datahandling: Dennis Bravenboer Sound recording: Marc Broer Le Guess Who? Team: Bob van Heur, Anne Marleen de Jong, Barry Spooren, Jacob Hagelaars, Bethany Andrzejak, Zsarà Grünfeld, Gijs Cals https://www.leguesswho.com