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 
'TransparenT' for piano 
(2010)

Dzintra Erliha, piano

Something in itself transparent, still reflective, almost mirror-like... 
Water... it's supposed transparency yet very complex variation of the colour palette... nuances depending on the intensity of the sunlight or moonlight... The ability to see / hear the hidden or concealment of the existing... For instance, when an object is thrown into the water, it leaves behind mild or strong rippling that calms down in a bit, however, although the very object lays still in the water, through the surface of the water, affected by various factors, it might reveal in a new and different light, as if it would have changed its primary characteristics, even thought in reality it is the same object, just in a different environment.
The piece was written for Latvian pianist Dzintra Erilha and the second layer of the concept for this composition is directly connected to the above-mentioned fact and the name of the musician. Basically it is an outplay of the name Dzintra, when one divides this word in two syllables and plays with associative parallels related to  each of them. 
dzin-: in Latvian this word / sound is associated with the sound of bells, as an conceptual element in the piece this element is connected with resonances and overtones, as well as with the idea of diving and throwing of an object  into the water.
-tr(a): can be associated with the abbreviation of the trill (tr~), which, rather perfectly, entwines with the idea of the vibrations of the surface of the water, its undulation, ever present lack of calm and moments of movement, as well as specifics of the deep.

Santa BUŠS 'TransparenT'

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

Baca

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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 'TransparenT'

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