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 : 'sub rosa' for amplified violin and soprano (2015): 
Performed by Carla Huhtanen (soprano) and Aysel Taghi-Zada (violin) at the 21C Festival in Toronto, Canada
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"The Latin phrase 'sub rosa' means 'under the rose', and is used in English to denote secrecy or confidentiality. The rose has held a deeply symbolic significance in many times and cultures as a symbol of regeneration, purity, virginity, fertility, sexuality, secrets, and most of all, love. In 'sub rosa' for amplified female voice and violin the text in the voice part is based on synonyms for 'sub rosa' while the violin part is a transcription of 'Per solatz revelhar', a poem written by troubadour Giraut de Bornelh."

Santa BUSS 'sub rosa'

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 BUSS 'sub rosa'

Santa Buss

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