Every time I listen to that piece, I want that it never ends! Very strong imagination - like in other pieces of the same composer - combined with exquisitely fine instrumentation. For the accomplished performance, thanks all the ensemble members as well as the tonmeister Deniz Aslan.

Dedicated to Antonis Sykaris, who died during his descent form the peak of mountain Dhaulagiri

ANTONIS_SYKARIS_YOU_LEFT_EARLY_(ASYLE) for small ensemble and fixed media

Pinned Butterflies

Codex de Monsieur Günter Brus 
for vocal quartet (2024)

performed by Cantando Admont 
Cordula Bürgi, Conductor
April 30, 2024, Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Vienna

Elina Viluma-Helling - Soprano
Aleksander Rewinski - Tenor
Benjamin Harasko - Baritone
Ulfried Staber - Bass

Audio by Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi

Codex de Monsieur Günter Brus

For Ensemble

Franck Ollu, conductor
Ensemble Next
Vecchiato Andrea, flute
Jasmine Daquin, oboe
Takahiro Katayama, clarinet
Miho Kiyokawa, saxophone
Bastien Lafosse, percussion
Charlotte Le Roux, accordion
Nanami Okuda, piano
Reika Sato, violin
Sengyun Kim, viola
Yi Zhou, cello
Vincent Alves De Palma D'Elia, double bass

"Pillars of Creation" embarks on a profound sonic expedition, delving into themes of evolution and transformation. The composition begins with bold and arresting sound blocks, reminiscent of alarming screams, gradually evolving into ethereal textures characterized by winds and strings, punctuated by escalating bursts. As the piece progresses, a somber pulsation emerges, leading to a climactic eruption of percussion. Emerging from this rumble is a solitary piano harmonic note, initiating a tranquil choral of instrument multiphonics. However, as the piece draws to a close, the initial sound blocks return, though now transformed by the journey they have undertaken, bearing the echoes of all that has come before, ultimately concluding with a piercing scream-like sound. Through its dynamic narrative arc, "Pillars of Creation" invites listeners to contemplate the intricate interplay between turmoil and serenity, darkness and light, leaving an indelible impression of metamorphosis.

Pillars of Creation

For saxophone, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano,"manipulateur" & electronics*.

Performed on CNSMDP by Ensemble Next, conducted by Franck Ollu. 

Takahiro Katayama, clarinette
Miho Kiyokawa, saxophone
Reika Sato, violon
Sengyun Kim, alto
Yi Zhou, violoncelle
Vincent Alves De Palma D'Elia, contrebasse
Arzhel Rouxel, manipulateur
Nanami Okuda, piano

* Electronics are added on the recording of the instrumental version (live mixed version not yet performed).

Songs to be burnt n°4

Nina Janßen-Deinzer: Bass Clarinet
Peyee Chen: Voice

11 May 2024 Cologne, Acht Brücken Musik für Köln

This Too Shall Pass (2024) - for voice and bass clarinet

Performer: Phoebe Bognár

About the piece:

The Famous Box Trick (Illusions Fantasmagoriques) is a 1898 French short black-and-white silent trick film, directed by Georges Méliès. In the words of writer Michael Brooke, the film "hearkens back to stage magic.”
​
I found fascinating the hybrid texture of the “trick” which allows the spectator to position himself in between the physical magic of the stage and the virtual “magic” of cinema - the corporeal vs. the incorporeal - biological time vs. the machine time.​

The spectator is suspended in between the belief in the trick and the conscious awareness of it. This is not the case in modern cinema, where the spectator is cut out from the “illusion” and can only believe in it from the “outside.”

The Famous Box Trick (2015) for bass flute and electronics
density 2036: part iii
​​The flute inhabits corporeal sounds, including the family of vocal sounds obtained by the complex interactions of the voice with the instrument. These are, paradoxically, made to sound “fake” by a sound-world of completely synthetic sounds realized by electronics means. 

The result, like Meliès’ absurdist irony, is the reciprocal estrangement of the ontological nature of each sound-world.

— Francesca Verunelli

Credits:
Audio recording: Eguzki Irusta Salles 
Audio mix and master: Francesca Verunelli, Eguzki Irusta Salles

Recorded in Bau3, Basel as part of the Density Arts Fellowship.

With immense gratitude to Claire Chase for her continuous support, benevolence and mentorship. Thank you for inviting me on board the Density Fellowship and guiding me through this project.

And to Francesca Verunelli, for her generosity of time and collaboration, giving me insight into realising her creative vision.

Francesca Verunelli: The famous box trick (2015)

[use headphones]
Commissioned by Ensemble Proton Bern. (Protonwerk No. 12)
Live recording of premiere 25.04.2023 - Dampfzentrale Bern.
Youtube video:  https://youtu.be/md_2U3WzAwE?si=rLwFSh6p6_V3BXLQ

"Crossing the Water" is a multifaceted exploration of the dichotomy between various
aspects of our lives, including the analogue and digital, material and immaterial, professional musicians and the audience, as well as the interplay between darkness and light. 

The title of the piece is inspired by Sylvia Plath's poetry, which juxtaposes the darkness of the human spirit with moments of illumination.
As in Plath's complex and evocative poem that explores themes of danger, death, and renewal through the imagery of water, the piece "Crossing the Water" incorporates recycled materials as instruments to emphasize the importance of recycling, environmental protection and conscious consumption. This element of the work serves to underscore the urgent need for sustainable practices in all aspects of our lives.

Crossing The Water (2023) for ensemble with smartphones and the audience with trash objects

http://www.stefanogervasoni.net/index.asp?page=catalogue&id=54&cat=orchestra

for: large symphonic orchestra
detailed instrumentation: 4.4.4.4./8.4.4.2./2 harps and strings (16.14.12.10.8.)
duration: 18'
commission: Suntory Limited for Suntory Hall International Program for Music Composition 2008
first performance: 29.08.08, Tokyo, Suntory Hall, Suntory Music Foundation's Summer Festival 2008 "Music Today 21", Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Yoichi Sugiyama (conductor)
publisher: Ricordi
catalogue number: 140073

Reconnaissance - Geneva and Lausanne HEM Orchestra, Thierry Fischer (cond.) - live, Geneva 2013

Live recording, 15.3.15, Orléans, Scène Nationale d'Orléans, Salle Barrault, Cristina Branco (voice), Ensemble Cairn, Guillaume Bourgogne (conductor), Thomas Goepfer (live electronics).

http://www.stefanogervasoni.net/index.asp?page=catalogue&id=85&cat=vocal

Fado errático - Cristina Branco, Ensemble Cairn, G. Bourgogne (cond.), IRCAM - live, Orléans 2015

premiered by Oerknal Ensemble at Bilkent Concert Hall October 23, 2019. 

Gregory Charette, conductor
Susanne Peters, flute
Daniel Boeke, bass clarinet
Christian Smith, percussion
Sophie Patey, piano
Jellantsje de Vries, violin
René van Munster, cello

Mastering: Deniz Aslan

Palimpsest

Emre Eröz (b.1995, Ankara, Turkey) is a composer, whose works focus on the potential of complex sounds coordinately inspired by different genres and contemporary art forms, building friction amongst the textures. He is trying to create sonic narrations in his works and to discover different timbre possibilities, which derive from a single musical material or any found sonority. He began music by playing e-guitar at an early age then played in rock and jazz bands before taking up composition. 

He had the opportunity to work with many ensembles and soloists including Tokyo Sinfonietta, Spektral Quartet, Oerknal Ensemble, Pre-Art Soloists, Hezarfen Ensemble, International Ensemble Modern Academy, Garth Knox, and Diamanda La Berge Dramm, Black Pencil among others. In 2022, his piece “Palimpsest” was chosen to be performed in Sevilla by Taller Sonoro as a part of Discovering Young Composers Project and his String Quartet was played by Tokyo Sinfonietta to be broadcasted by NHK. His recent projects include a e-guitar, trombone duo commissioned by Supernoava (Basel) and a duo for saxophone-trombone commissioned by Duo Signal (Basel) to be performed on a Swiss tour. He was awarded first prize in the ISCM 16th Sun River Prize Students New Music Composition Competition 2020 (China) with his “String Quartet", and second prize in the 11th Pre-art Competition for Young Composers 2019 (Switzerland) for ensemble piece “Amnesia”. He was selected to participate in 2020 Taproot New Music Festival at UC Davis (USA) and his music was premiered by Chicago-based Spektral Quartet. Research-based quartet piece “Adsum", which is commissioned by NK Ensemble and aims to combine Turkish-Western music instruments, has released by Bilgi Label in the album project "Lahza" on streaming platforms in 2019. 

He also participated in various workshops and worked with Clara Iannotta, Beat Furrer, Pierluigi Billone, Mark Andre, Bruno Mantovani, Eun-Hwa Cho, Ken Ueno, Ulrich Kreppein, Collegium Novum Zurich. He is pursuing his graduate studies at Conservatoire de Paris in Composition with Stefano Gervasoni and electronic music with Yan Maresz, Luis Naón, and Grégoire Lorieux. He holds his B.A. degree in Music Theory and Composition from Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts and studied various subjects including composition, orchestration and aesthetic with Yigit Aydin.

He received support by the Fondation de France as well as the Meyer Foundation.

Palimpsest

Emre Eröz

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