Adams: Tromba lontana
Šenk: A Moment of Reflection
Ives: Unanswered Question

Jeroen Berwaerts - trumpet
Franc Kosem - trumpet

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Franck Ollu - conductor

World premiere, October 2023

Adams - Šenk - Ives

TOQUE A ELEGGUA Y OSHÚN (2024)
for solo multi-percussion
piece commissioned by and written for Joan Soriano.
percussion: Dr. Joan Soriano
XIV SOXXI Festival, Valencia, Spain.
Picture done by Alicia Arnau

TOQUE A ELEGGUA Y OSHÚN (2024)

Dominik Karski - Metaphysical Graffiti (fragment)
Performed by Ryszard Lubieniecki - accordion

Support material: Metaphysical Graffiti (fragment)

Santa Bušs : 'Domas, man as domas' (2015) : an interactive poem for symphonic band, DJ and conductor after poem 'Manas domas' ('My thoughts') by Aspazija : Orchestra Riga, DJ Monsta, Conductor Jānis Retenais


"In Latvia, 2015 was the year of Rainis and Aspazija. These two personalities are to Latvia what Goethe is to Germany and Shakespeare to the United Kingdom. They wrote plays and poems, worked as journalists, and translated world classics. Rainis (1865-1929) was imprisoned for his political activities and later went into exile. After 1918, when Latvia gained its independence, he became the Minister for Education. Aspazija (1865-1943) did not leave his side either during his deportation to Russia, or when he was in exile in Switzerland. She fought for women’s rights and did not shy away from speaking about the inconsistency of human nature and the anticipated independence of the Latvian nation. The piece 'Domas, manas domas' ('This is what I think') is inspired by Aspazija's work and it's structure is based on her poem 'Manas domas' ('My Thoughts')."

Santa Bušs 'Domas, manas domas'

BBC Proms 2018. Live recording. World Premiere.
Members of Berliner Philharmoniker.

Baca

santa.buss@gmail.com

Santa BUŠS is a Latvian composer especially interested in detailed pre-compositional process and working with extra-musical ideas (found in other art forms, physiology, history, mythology, nature, architecture, medicine, sports, philosophy, etc.). 

Though her main focus and form of expression has been linked with instrumental music, lately she has discovered a deep interest in the voice and its possibilities, as well as being keen to expand her approach towards sound, composition and exploring different forms of collaboration. 
This also includes exploring territories between conventional and unconventional notation and performance techniques, as well as experimenting between the boundaries of music, theatre and opera, often focusing on the physical manipulation of instruments and the presence of musicians as a source of drama. 

She has studied both composition and musicology at the Latvian Academy of Music and Hamburg University of Music and Theatre. 

Her works have been performed throughout Europe, in North America and Asia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgBltNTuhvU

Santa Bušs 'Domas, manas domas'

Santa Buss

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