Treeline presents a contemporary musical experience in which nature becomes the score, and sound becomes living memory.

Treeline presents a contemporary musical experience in which nature becomes the score, and sound becomes living memory.

Classix continues in May with a large-scale European project by Graham Fitkin, bringing together communities from ten countries in an artistic journey centred on trees, biodiversity, and the relationship between people and the natural environment.

The project was conceived as a cycling route of over 4,000 km, starting in Romania and reaching the United Kingdom. Treeline follows a symbolic line of Europe’s forests, from ancient woodland to the fragments that remain in today’s landscape. In each location, local communities, including artists, cultural institutions, schools, universities, and environmental organisations, selected a representative tree and documented its story, context, and significance.

This material, together with field recordings and tree-specific sounds, is integrated by Graham Fitkin into a work for piano, keyscanner, and strings. The instrument becomes a hybrid system, capable of rendering an imagined “forest instrument”, where nature and technology meet.

For Romania, the source of inspiration is Eminescu’s linden tree in Iași, a cultural and symbolic landmark, translated into sound through authentic recordings collected by the Classix community and adapted into new sonic textures by Graham Fitkin.

The result is a layered and immersive composition that explores the relationship between people and the environment, offering a sensitive perspective on the fragility and importance of ecosystems.