BIOFONIA

BIOFONIA is a project by Danish composer Mathias Madsen Munch, aiming to create an immersive concert experience that transports the audience into the rainforest. Through music and animation, the South American rainforest is presented both as an auditory sanctuary and as a centre of nature, culture, and conflicting worldviews.

The project is developed in collaboration with the soloist, Danish percussionist Ronni Kot Wenzell, OUROS ANIMATION (Rikke Planeta, Philip Piaget, Inez Kristina), Remulus, and Danish Cultural Institute’s Country Manager Anders Hentze.

Over 2024 BIOFONIA’s first movement (8 minutes duration) took shape as a multimodal work inspired by the Atlantic rainforest and the indigenous peoples and cultures of these ecosystems, represented by the Guaraní people. Through a fusion of music and animation, the project explores the vital role these forests and their communities play in global biodiversity and climate balance.

As Brazil prepares to host COP30 in November 2025, Biofonia will be showcased as part of the international dialogue on climate and sustainability. The second instalment of the project AMAZONICA will also be featured in Denmark at the Cultural Meeting in August 2025, with a presentation at the Nature Meeting in 2026 currently being negotiated. These events aim to engage Danish audiences in a deeper understanding of South America’s rainforests and the knowledge systems that have sustained them for generations.