from program notes:

“Ascending…Descending” (“Tõus…Laskumine”) for violin and chamber orchestra (2015)

The first movement of the composition, “Ascending”, comprises three very slowly 
ascending clusters of glissandi that form harmonies on the micro-tonal landscape. The 
solo violin acts like a gatekeeper, creating space for concentration and always 
holding the lowest sound, or fundamental, from which all the other lines originate.
The second movement – “…Descending” – is comprised of orchestral glissandi that 
descend in mathematical proportions and accelerate with every cycle. A cycle comes 
to a conclusion when all the lines, in relation to each other, end up in parallel octaves.
As the motion accelerates, the direction of movement – instead of harmony or timbre 
– comes to the fore. The violin takes over or anticipates the sounds produced by the 
orchestral descents and brings forth the harmony that became rather misty behind 
the glissandi. What’s more, the violin with its accents provides cues for the orchestra 
to move from one chord to the next.
In the descent of the last movement, the role of the conductor disappears – only the 
soloist and the orchestra remain. The entire orchestral part creates itself via reacting 
to the impulses coming from the soloist.
In the solo part, there is no trace of virtuosity. According to the composer, she was 
more interested in the power of concentration and the sound of stringed instruments 
as such, which is a complex phenomenon in itself.

Ascending...Descending (2015)

Liisa Hirsch

New Music Unlisted - 7 (Kitaptan Sonra)

The piece was commissioned by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund. Composed in 2022. Conductor - Yishai Steckler, Sopran - Tali Ketzef. Premired at the Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Jerusalem Theater, December 5, 2022. Recorded by Avi Elbaz
Dedicated to Peter Pohly

Riddle for the Symphony Orchestra, big choir and sopran

The new piece was written for two incredible musicians - Yael Barolsky and Oded Gezhals,recording - Ronald Boersen.
The premiere was on 1.05.14 

Repercussion for violin and percussion by Hana Ajiashvili

The piece was commissioned by the Meitar Ensemble and with the support the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. The premiere was at the CEME festival on December 23. 2023.
 Conductor - Yuval Zorn, Meitar Ensemble, Studio Anette, Tel Aviv, 2023

Impossible sketches for ensemble and electronics

Performed by Triin Ruubel and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Atvars Lakstigala. Live recording from Estonian Music Days 2015

...Descending. For Solo Violin and String Orchestra

Ascending... For Solo Violin and String Orchestra

Tslalei Or was written especially for two great musicians Yoni Gotlibovich and Yuval Zorn, the Premiere was on June 20, 2016 at Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts

Tslalei Or (2016)

The piece was written especially for trio Catch - clarinet, cello, piano, for the festival Tslil Meudcan - Tel Aviv, 2018