Latvian National Symphony orchestra,
Guntis Kuzma - conductor,
myself - guitar.

recorded by Latvijas Radio.

biezi plāni

Performed by the Bowery Trio
Clarinet, Mark Allen Jr, 
Cello, Esther Seitz
Piano, Allison Wang 

Performance at the 2022 Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu Festival in Oulu, FInland.

The Dilution Of Our Admiration

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features:
- over 100 tracks
- microtonal modulation
- fairly dense harmony at times

first time producing and actually finishing it! s'not perfect but still quite happy with how it turned out

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The piece is divided into 8 sections, which each time extends followed by a number sequence: 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, and 2. In this case, the last section becomes twice longer than the previous one, representing the effect of longing, which means Pratiksha in Indian language. The harmony is based on the chromatic transposition down of the chord of three pitches until it supplement the first chord (upper tetrachord) to the full Indian raga scale.
Also, I was inspired by gamaka’s definition that they are basically connective forces and the manner of travel from one note to another. There are 32 ways of gamaka’s, which are mainly responsible for the aesthetic enjoyments in the entire performance, differing from each artist. My intention not to represent gamaka's, but use them in such a way, that they could transform into microtonal ornamentation of the melodic cycles.
The work is commissioned by the Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation. The world is dedicated to the ensemble Apartment House. 

Recording engineer  - Simon Reynell

Pratiksha

Live recording by Phidias Trio Tokyo:
Ryuta Iwase (clarinet), Maiko Matsuoka (violin), Erika Kawamura (piano)

Text & Alphabet (for clarinet, violin and piano, 2018)

Andre Boucourechliev - 6 etudes apres Piranese performed by Angela Tosheva 2008

sinikõrgustele ("Infinite blue heights") for piano duo

Goldberg Variations in Self-Isolation - Aria

Goldberg Variations in Self-Isolation - Var. 1

Orkest de Ereprijs, ensemble
Julie Hasfjord, Laura Ginström, and Vojtech Sembera, singers

I wrote this piece in the winter of 2019 and 2020, inspired in large part by conversations with my dear friend, the playwright and actor Susanna Fournier. Both of us sent audio messages back and forth from our homes in Toronto and New York, kind of like sending messages in a bottle from islands. In this way, the singers become their own islands -- like humming alone in a great cathedral, absorbed in their own tactile experience of digital spirituality while some other metaphysical force spirals around them.

I was also inspired by Olga Tokarczuk's book Flights, in which she writes about islands as a representation of “remaining within one’s boundaries, undisturbed by any external influence…only the self seems real; the other is but a vague specter…just darting over a distant horizon”.

small thing (2020)

written for and performed by Phoebe Bognár.

small thing (2020)

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