{"id":3456,"date":"2026-04-05T21:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathilde-wauters.be\/?post_type=mec-events&p=3456"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:41:01","slug":"saudades-for-the-future-trio-gilu","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/mathilde-wauters.be\/en\/events\/saudades-for-the-future-trio-gilu\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudades for the future - Trio Gilu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The project Saudades of the Future is inspired by three poets of past centuries, Karoline von G\u00fcnderrode (1780-1806), Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) and Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942), three women whose work was not recognized during their lifetimes. Saudades is an untranslatable Portuguese word that would mean something like miss, lack, homesickness. \u201cMatar saudades\u201d - literally \u201cto kill saudades\u201d means to do everything again with someone that we missed with this person, to catch up again, to hug the loved one or take a walk. It is a longing that fulfills you, like looking across the ocean.<\/p>\n

Both Karoline von G\u00fcnderrode and Emily Dickinson could not express or act freely because they were women, while Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger was a young Jewish girl when Hitler came to power. These three poetesses perhaps felt saudades for the future.<\/p>\n

Gilu invited three young composers - Helena C\u00e1novas i Par\u00e9s (1994, Spain), Ruben De Gheselle (1991, Belgium) and Mart\u00edn Letelier (1987, Chile) - to set their poetry to music, each choosing one poet.<\/p>\n

These new compositions led director Hugo Portela Larisch (b. 1991, Portugal) to put one question at the center of the project. What does it feel like to grow up as a woman?<\/p>\n

A poetic project that reflects on the issue of tribute and our impact on the future of society.<\/p>\n