for oboe, french horn, trumpet and percussion.

performed by the Namascae Lemanic Modern Ensemble (Luca Mariani, Jean-Philippe Cochenet, Julien Wurtz and Lucas Genas), conducted by William Blank at Royaumont Abbey, France, September 2013.

clothed like birds, with wings as garments (2013)

Marc Yeats is an internationally renowned composer and visual artist whose compositions have been performed by the most noted of orchestras and ensembles across the globe. These include UK companies such as The London Sinfonietta and The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic and the Halle Orchestra and Chorus. Further afield, Marc’s work has also been performed by the Tokyo City Philharmonic, the Atlanta based, Chamber Cartel, and many others. His compositions have gained great acclaim through many radio broadcasts for the BBC and also been broadcast in many other countries including the US, Germany and New Zealand.

Marc’s relationship with the BBC is both strong and enduring, starting with a BBC Scotland performance by the Edinburgh String Quartet more than 20 years ago. His first orchestral work – I See Blue – conducted by Martyn Brabbins, received much acclaim when first performed around the same time. This led to specific BBC commissions, including a piano concerto to open Piano 2000 in Manchester, with Kathryn Stott as soloist, and a solo harpsichord piece ‘Rhema’, performed by Mahan Esfahani and broadcast in 2010 by BBC Radio 3 from the Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall in Leeds.

Selection as one of just 10 to attend the legendary Hoy Summer School in 1994 brought Marc into contact with the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. At the completion of the course, Max was keen to support and promote Marc’s work, and conducted his first commission with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the St. Magnus Festival in 1997. He and Marc continued to share ideas, and Max took a great interest in Marc’s visual art and compositional work with mobile technologies and a range of asynchronous structural approaches to composition.

Marc is excited to have recently been appointed composer-in-residence to Yeovil District and Dorchester County Hospitals, a position he has also held with other UK and US organisations. Work such as My Blood Is As Red As Yours’ (an orchestral and choral piece commissioned by the Halle to celebrate World Aids Day in 2008 and performed at the Bridgewater Hall) and recent work, such as ‘shapeshifter’ and ‘the observation quartets’ continues to enhance his reputation as a leading contemporary composer.

Rafał Rząca born in Powiśle, Warsaw, Poland.He is musicologist and composer of contemporary classical, pop/alternative and electronic music. Currenty, he lives and works  somewhere in Warsaw and beyond

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Immigrant, nomad, traveller and sleepwalker. I make music too.

Piotr Nowotnik composes contemporary chamber music, world fusion, music for theatre, film, and games, drawing from his diverse experience as collaborating artist, composer, and sound designer.

He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in Music Composition and finished his Master degree at the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Conservatory of Music. Currently, Piotr’s works are being published by Wirripang Pty Ltd and performed in China, France, Australia and the USA.

He continuously engages in collaboration with artists from a variety of genres and disciplines: from Musique Concrete production for Butoh dance theater in Paris, through his involvement in a live music scene in Australia, Europe and the USA.

His recent commissions include music for Melbourne Fringe Festival, Pleroma Theater from Hong Kong, Human Dance company from Paris, soundscapes, and soundtracks for Melbourne-based 'La Mama' theatre. He worked as sound designer on “Steppenwolf: A Musical Retelling” production developed by The New School in Manhattan, New York; collaborated with New York-based choreographers and theatre artists.  

In 2016, Piotr has been commissioned to compose music to a broadway-style musical currently in development by Pene Patrick - an Australian writer and director. Piotr is also working as an orchestrator on a theatrical show developed by Los Angeles-based duo: composer Jess Platt and writer Mark Massi.

In 2015, Piotr became the first-ever AMPlify participant as he was chosen to collaborate with DJ/producer - Marlo Hoogstraten. His unprecedented use of unusual instruments and organic sound in Trance music resulted in the release of new pieces and live tour in Sydney and Melbourne in 2016.

His soundtrack album for “The Journey” (a film by Marco Kamareddine premièred at the Cannes Festival in 2013) has been nominated for “Best Soundtrack Album“ award (APRA Screen Awards 2013).
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He is a finalist of Indie Gathering Scoring Competition (Ohio, 2010) and a recipient of Billilla Artist in Residence programme (2010-2011).

To this day, Piotr composed three LP albums with theatrical music, three world music fusion projects with his band ‘Umanee’ (2004-2008), one film score album and two solo releases.

sculptures sonores
Le fil du temps se remplit à l'infini d'instants... Mon souhait serait d'habiller ces tout petits moments comme on costume un petit théâtre : les vêtir d'un rien, d'un silence, d'une chaise vide, d'un coussin tendre, d'un son soyeux, d'un plein et d'un délié, du son d'un mouvement du corps en action, d'un geste de la voix, de l'harmonie qui se compose entre tout ça, d'une construction de l'espace objet et de l'espace sonore, d'une composition qui se déploie à la minute qui passe... mon souhait serait d'habiter un moment du présent qui se donne. 

Pour d'écrire mon travail créatif : il se construit sur deux axes de réflexion : le premier prend toujours en considération la relation à autrui, tandis que le second souligne et dénote les gestes qui opèrent alors en corrélation. L'autre être qui peut nous écouter, nous voir, nous sentir, nous parler, nous recevoir, nous montrer, nous donner... et à chaque fois je note, dénote, transcris les gestes, les actions... et finalement les histoires qui se construisent entre nous... pour ce faire mon travail s'appuie sur une production plastique, musicale, écrite, où la performance de l'instant présent livre aux souvenirs des traces aussi précieuses que les objets qui sont échangés. D'une simple conversation du regard, au partage d'une bulle de savon, d'un poème de la vie courante écrit sur les lignes de la main (ou le contraire d'un poème de la main écrit sur les lignes de la vie courante) à une parole en l'air, d'un prospectus à une mise en question taggée, d'un rêve illustré à une réalité décrite, je suis tour à tour Marchand d'idées, Marchand de sables, directeur du musée de la mémoire et de l'oubli, chercheur au centre de découverte des gestes inutiles et des actes sans conséquences, fonctionnaire au centre administratif de la vie par voix thérapeutique, démonstrateur au centre de soin esthétique, acteur avec la compagnie du temps, donneur de voix, prêteur de geste, poète des présents que l'on fait.



LUKE PAULDING (1987) is swiftly emerging as a prominent voice in Australia’s younger generation of composers. His music has been performed in the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Singapore and across much of Australia, by ensembles such as ELISION Ensemble, Speak Percussion, Ensemble Linea, Namascae Lemanic Modern Ensemble, ensemble interface, Quiver – new music ensemble, Kupka's Piano, as well as the Tasmanian & Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, with radio broadcasts on ABC Classic FM and 3MBS Fine Music. 

Luke has received support and commissions from the Australian Council for the Arts, Cybec Foundation, IETM–International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts, Royaumont Foundation, Melbourne City Council, Arts Centre Melbourne, Musical Society of Victoria, among others. Passionate about exploring other art forms, Luke has collaborated on projects for Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Theatre Works, Aphids and Chamber Made Opera, and has attracted Green Room Award nominations for his original sound design in theatre. From notated compositions through to subterranean sound installation and collaborative art projects, Luke's music has featured at Melbourne International Arts Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Metropolis New Music Festival, Castlemaine Arts Festival and Totally Huge New Music Festival. Also a trained pianist and tubist, Luke is a founding member and co-director of new music ensemble, Quiver, dedicated to innovative performances of contemporary art music. 

Luke graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2010 with numerous awards, including the Marion Isobel Thomas Estate Award and Atheneum Prize. Through initial studies at the VCA and selective professional development programs around Australia and Europe (including the 2013 « Nouvelle Voix » course at Royaumont Abbey) his compositional mentors have included Chris Dench, Brian Ferneyhough and Liza Lim.

Keith Kramer is a composer of over 40 works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo instruments and electronic media. The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miran Vaupotić, recently recorded Keith's work for cello and orchestra, Luce del Sole, featuring cellist Ovidiu Marinescu and conductor Miran Vaupotić. Keith's music has also been performed and recorded by the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, David Taylor, Leonard Garrison and many others. Recent performances of his work include two highly successful all-Kramer programs at New York's Merkin Hall, documented on the DVD Beyond Sonic Boundaries Live! 2010. Additional all-Kramer releases include the critically acclaimed albums Causal Dualism and Emerge. Keith's work Sogni was recently premiéred and toured by acclaimed British pianist Martin Jones and a European premiére of his work Rinnovo, for piano and percussion, featured internationally renowned pianist Anna D'Errico. Keith's work Suspension of Disbelief for piano trio enjoyed its New York City premiére at Carnegie Hall in 2019. www.keithkramer.org

clothed like birds, with wings as garments (2013)

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