Name: A miraculous outburst of creativity: Chinese composers meet Nieuw Ensemble by Gaudeamus | Podcast Curious Ears
Duration: 48 min 16 s
Description: Joël Bons, composer and charismatic artistic leader of Nieuw Ensemble, takes us through his own ears in a listening journey to China at the end of the 20th century. Musical creation is thriving, captivates his curiosity and will conquer many listeners soon after.

Aliona Yurtsevich is an artist, composer and director born in Belarus. For our podcast series Curious Ears, she went back to her roots to paint a musical portrait of the contemporary music scene of Belarus. Listen to pt. 2: https://soundcloud.com/user-641373079/belarusian-suit-sounding-souls-of-belarus-pt-2

BELARUSIAN SUIT:  “I listen, therefore I am...” (2021)
narrated collage-composition, voice, text: Aliona Yurtsevich
[music]: Ales Tsurko, Transliaciya No.2 (Transliaciya, 2016)
https://preservedsound.bandcamp.com/track/no-2

General list of Belarusian composers and musicians:

Yegor Zabelov: NITI 2020 
https://soundcloud.com/yegor-zabelov-1/sets/yegor-zabelov-niti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hEeINKUhak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFio1vLn7c8
Ales Tsurko: 
http://preservedsound.com/ales-tsurko-the-hate.html https://preservedsound.bandcamp.com/album/transliaciya 
https://soundcloud.com/ales_tsurko
Viktar Siamashka & Co.: https://viktar-siamashka-and-company.bandcamp.com/album/ab-oha https://bandcamp.com/search?q=siamashka%2B%26%2Bnarushevich
Knyaz Mishkin: 
https://hazenetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/my-small-yellow-house https://34mag.net/piarshak/news/umer-leonid-narushevich https://soundcloud.com/leonid-narushevich/impro-orq-igra-rakov-angar-0708-2016 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PduKPYNE8hs&t=122s
Viktar Siamashka, Lavon Naushevich: https://viktar-siamashka-and-company.bandcamp.com/album/pra-svajo
MIO (Minsk Improvising Orchestra): https://soundcloud.com/minskimprovisersorchestra
Masque Noir: https://masquenoir.bandcamp.com/releases
MAS: electronic improvisation trio https://masmusic6.bandcamp.com/releases
Society for Development of New Music (MINSK): https://sdnm.bandcamp.com/album/belarus-modern-orchestra-live
Konstantsin Yaskou: https://sdnm.bandcamp.com/album/ludus-mobilis
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov “Piano-Pianissimo”: https://www.jamendo.com/track/893136/vyacheslav-kuznetsov-piano-pianissimo
Olga Podhajska “Secretaties”: https://www.jamendo.com/track/893130/olga-podhajska-secretaries
Alexander Litvinovsky: https://www.jamendo.com/track/893137/alexander-litvinovsky-consort-lessons-passamezzo | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmqZ5wo5pE
Geysers On Enceladus (Olga Shaidullina, Drugoj Orkestr): https://www.jamendo.com/track/1081789/geysers-on-enceladus-olga-shaidullina-drugoi-orkestr
Vitali Harmash: discography http://foundamental.net/en/label/idex/
White Elephant: https://ahalaimahalai.bandcamp.com/album/white-elephant
Andrei Antara: (ambient, electronics, flutes) https://soundcloud.com/blowing_echo
TAM: https://soundcloud.com/vam_tuda
Baisan & Yasinski: https://baisan8yasinski.bandcamp.com/album/baranavi-y-centra-nyja
Kolorit Kulmana: https://koloritkulmana.bandcamp.com/
JJ.OK (electronic ambient, processed guitar) https://jjok.bandcamp.com/album/states-and-emotions
Golova & Roomdark : Show https://hazenetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/golova-roomdark-snow
A. A.: https://soundcloud.com/apollinaria_a/butoh 
https://soundcloud.com/antina-crevasse/metal-flowerfeatmench-rigo 
https://youtube.com/channel/UCU0d-f47UNepAzK6TWq3Spw
Aleksey Vorsoba: PORT MONE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo8tPg5FqA8 
http://portmonetrio.com/page2035935.html
Sergey Pukst: https://pukst.bandcamp.com/ 
https://soundcloud.com/user4444515/sets/vviuswy8bxv6
https://soundcloud.com/mapletree/track
https://34audio.bandcamp.com/album/--15
Music for Film (M. Deren & A. Hamid): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imtc70fi10Q&t=284s
TROIZA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7uPV-vIB0 | https://www.last.fm/music/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%96%D1%86%D0%B0
SHUMA: http://www.shuma.by/en/shuma-global-meditation
https://soundcloud.com/shuma-by
Re1ikt: https://soundcloud.com/relikt_belarus | https://relikt-belarus.bandcamp.com/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE4mClnh_wM | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYbt2_4o9tE
NIZKIZ: https://soundcloud.com/nizkiz

RECORD LABELS: http://foundamental.net | https://hazenetlabel.bandcamp.com | https://34mag.net/piarshak

Belarusian Suit: Sounding Souls of Belarus Pt. 1

Aliona Yurtsevich is an artist, composer and director born in Belarus. For our podcast series Curious Ears, she went back to her roots to paint a musical portrait of the contemporary music scene of Belarus. Listen to the introduction here: https://soundcloud.com/user-641373079/belarusian-suit-sounding-souls-of-belarus-pt-1

BELARUSIAN SUIT: “Sounding Souls of Belarus” (2021)
(sound collage-composition by: Aliona Yurtsevich)

PODCAST - list of MUSIC used in podcast:

[00:00:00]: GUDA: folk song “Yurya”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdep1WU7LM0&t=68s

[00:01:30]: Yegor Zabelov: NITI VI (CD ’NITI’, 2021)
https://soundcloud.com/yegor-zabelov-1/sets/yegor-zabelov-niti

[00:08:00]:  RE1IKT: “Rana na Ivana” (CD “Braslavy”, 2019) - excerpt
https://relikt-belarus.bandcamp.com/track/--22

[00:11:00]: MAS (2020): Gene-1 / electronic improvisation trio
(M.Mokrinskaya, A.Yurtsevich, S.Mokrinsky)
https://masmusic6.bandcamp.com/releases

[00:14:30]: Yegor Zabelov: “Afterwards” (CD ’NITI’, 2021)
https://soundcloud.com/yegor-zabelov-1/sets/yegor-zabelov-niti

[00:18:00]: Konstantsin Yaskou: “Ludus Mobilis_1” (by Society for the Development of New Music) - excerpt
https://sdnm.bandcamp.com/album/ludus-mobilis

[00:21:30]: A.A.: “Butoh” - excerpt
https://soundcloud.com/apollinaria_a/butoh

[00:24:30]: Aliona Yurtsevich: “SKETCH-1” (2020)
(New Ensemble | BY: T. Marchenko, A.Shereshovets, V. Huts)

[00:27:40]: WHITE ELEPHANT (0804) (2020):
(A. Shereshovets, M. Mamkin)
https://ahalaimahalai.bandcamp.com/album/white-elephant

[00:31:20]: Sergej Pukst: “Internat School” (album “Dudki”)
https://soundcloud.com/user4444515/sets/vviuswy8bxv6

[00:32:40]: Viktar Siamashka & Co.: “Jabatorya” (CD “Abloha”, 2020) - excerpt
https://viktar-siamashka-and-company.bandcamp.com/track/jabatoryja-marla-heterofobia-cvyrkuny-dula-supakoj

[00:35:30]: A.A.: “Metal Flower (feat.mench rigo)”
https://soundcloud.com/antina-crevasse/metal-flowerfeatmench-rigo

[00:39:20]: Siamashka & Narushevich: “Doma-2” (CD “Pra Svajo”, 2018)
https://viktar-siamashka-and-company.bandcamp.com/track/doma-2

[00:42:40]: Harmash, Krugly, Minkov (live improvisation at gallery “Y”)
http://foundamental.net/en/label/harmash-krugly-minkov/live-improvisation-at-y-gallery/

[00:49:40]: Vitali Harmash: “Tetrapolar” (I/dex, 2003)
http://foundamental.net/en/label/idex/tetrapolar/

[00:58:45]: Viktar Siamashka: “Uzupio Piano”

[01:01:00]: Sergei Pukst: “Eho Govorit” (“Eco talking”)
https://soundcloud.com/user4444515/sets/vviuswy8bxv6

[01:02:00]: MIO (Minsk Improvising Orchestra): Part-3
https://soundcloud.com/minskimprovisersorchestra

[01:05:30]: Olga Podjaiskaya: “Secretaries” (2012)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/893130/olga-podhajska-secretaries

[01:08:30]: WHITE ELEPHANT (2504):
(A. Shereshovets, M. Mamkin)
https://ahalaimahalai.bandcamp.com/album/white-elephant

[01:11:30]: Sergei Pukst: “Rubber Bread” (“Gender Balance”)
https://soundcloud.com/34magnet/sets/yivuubyuwifj

[01:12:30]: Ales Tsurko: “Transliaciya”  (“Transliaciya”, 2016)
https://preservedsound.bandcamp.com/track/transliaciya

[01:15:30]: MAS (2020): Gene-4 / electronic improvisation trio
(M.Mokrinskaya, A.Yurtsevich, S.Mokrinsky)
https://masmusic6.bandcamp.com/releases

[01:20:40]: MIO (part-2)
https://soundcloud.com/minskimprovisersorchestra

[01:23:20]: Sergei Pukst: “Ukrasheno Belym” (Decorated with White)
https://soundcloud.com/sergeypukst/zgpd6zrktvpp

[01:24:30]: Ales Tsurko: The HATE (2020)
http://preservedsound.com/ales-tsurko-the-hate.html

[01:26:30]: Yegor Zabelov: NITI_1 (CD NITI, 2020)
https://soundcloud.com/yegor-zabelov-1/sets/yegor-zabelov-niti

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@This podcast is brought to you by Aliona Yurtsevich and Gaudeamus  / 2021, NL 
www.alionayurtsevich.com
https://soundcloud.com/user-251454417

Belarusian Suit: Sounding Souls of Belarus Pt. 2

LA-based soprano and sound artist Micaela Tobin composes and performs experimental operas and electronic noise music. In her podcast The Curious Voice, she dives deep into the possibilities and aspects of the precious instrument that we all carry within us: our voice. She recounts the journey of how she discovered and fell in love with the sound of her own voice, and how you can too. Including a screaming exercise - do try this at home!

Micaela Tobin: The Curious Voice

Dirge Secil Kuran is a Turkish percussionist/composer/singer/performer with a broad experience in classical, contemporary music and music theatre. In her podcast 'Listen Through My Ears As A Performer' she gives an insight on how she listens to music as a performer. A look at how music sounds for a musician on a stage - which is different in many more ways than you'd expect.

Dirge Secil Kuran: Listen Through My Ears As A Performer

Kim Spierenburg is a violinist and composer who works with live electronics and animation. In her podcast that she made for Gaudeamus, she talks about how her disability inspired her to fuse electronics and acoustics and in that way forge her own artistic path.

Kim Spierenburg: As Waters Rise

Julian Tjon Sack Kie is a composer, DJ and electronic music producer, operating under his own name and his alias Julian Alexander. In his podcast for Gaudeamus, he takes us through the history, local variations and the future of the music of the West African Mandinka people, all revolving around an instrument called the Kora.

The featured music in this podcast in order of appearance:

Amadu Bansang Jobarteh - Kelefa Saane
Field recording
Kélétigui Diabaté - Djandjo
Jali Nyama Suso - Kuruntu Kelefa et Kelefabaa
Sidiki Diabaté & Batrou Sékou Kouyaté - Sunjata
Lamin Konté - Mama Tamba
Kemba Sussoko - Kourambesai
Mamadou Diabaté -Yaka Yaka
Ballaké Sissoko - Berekoy
Jalikunda Cissokho - Konkoba
Djeli Moussa Diawara - Yékèlè
Foday Musa Suso - Tesitio
Herbie Hancock & Foday Musa Suso - Moonlight
Kiya Tabassian, Ablaye Cissoko, Patrick Graham - Réveries
3MA - Anfaz
Balimaya Project - Balimaya
Sona Jobarteh - Jarabi

Julian Tjon Sack Kie: Kora Music - An insight into the West African Mandinka music tradition

Emine Bostancı and Ardashes Agoshian talk about contemporary music and traditional instruments: Kemenche of Istanbul and Cretan Lyra with sympathetic strings.

Emine Bostancı (Turkey/ Netherlands) is on a mission: performing on traditional instruments, she aims to push the boundaries and bridge the gap between traditional Ottoman-Turkish and contemporary classical music.

In this episode, she introduces her instruments, summarises their historical and traditional context, and speaks about her doctoral research and artistic practices and projects. Her guest, composer Ardashes Agoshian, highlights the intrigue and opportunities for composers in writing new music for traditional instruments.

Full playlist of music:
00:00-04:39
Ardashes Agoshian: 
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales" for septet, III. mov., 
"Kız Kulesi" (Maiden's Tower)

04:40-06:20 
Emine Bostancı
Solo kemenche improvisation

06:36-07:24 
Ardashes Agoshian:
"Ancient Istanbul Tales", IV. mov., Final of the Interlude, " The Afternoon at the Grand Bazaar"

07:25-11:05 
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", V. mov., "Khalkedon" 
(The ancient name of the decent neighbourhood of Istanbul, now known as Kadıköy, which is thought to be the place where Byzantium was first founded)

11:06-14:13
Emine Bostancı 
"Ghost Secrets" (Dareyn)

14:25-15:56
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", VI. mov., 
"Constantine's dream"

16:13-23:42
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", VII. mov., 
"Beyazıt'ta Panayır" (Fair in Beyazıt)

24:04-26:44
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", I. mov., "Hagia Sophia"

26:52-30:53
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", II. mov., "Samatya" 
(The ancient name of the decent neighbourhood of Istanbul. The name is still unofficial using by the residents. Agoshian's birthplace.)

30:54-32:36
Ardashes Agoshian: 
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", III. mov., 
"Kız Kulesi" (Maiden's Tower)

32:38-33:32
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Contact" for classical kemenche/Cretan Lyra and double bass, IV. mov,
"The Ambassadors", 
(After the painting of H. Holbein)

33:40-34:28
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Contact", V. mov,
"Tea'n Coffee"

34:33-35:27
Ardashes Agoshian:
Improvisation from "Contact",

35:33-37:16
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Contact", VII. mov,
"Silk Road"

37:23-38:13
Ardashes Agoshian,
Fragment from "Contact", IX. mov,
"Orient Express 1883"

38:20-38:47
Ardashes Agoshian:
"Ancient Istanbul Tales", IV. mov., Final of the Interlude, " The Afternoon at the Grand Bazaar"

38:50-39:59
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", I. mov., "Hagia Sophia"

40:06-41:12
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", VII. mov., 
"Beyazıt'ta Panayır" (Fair in Beyazıt)

41:16-42:06
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", VI. mov., 
"Constantine's dream"

42:15-43:22
Ardashes Agoshian:
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales", VII. mov., 
"Beyazıt'ta Panayır" (Fair in Beyazıt)

43:30-44:44
Ardashes Agoshian: 
Fragment from "Ancient Istanbul Tales" for septet, III. mov., 
"Kız Kulesi" (Maiden's Tower)

Emine Bostancı + Ardashes Agoshian: Kemenche of Istanbul, Cretan Lyra and Contemporary Music

Joël Bons, composer and charismatic artistic leader of Nieuw Ensemble, takes us through his own ears in a listening journey to China at the end of the 20th century. Musical creation is thriving, captivates his curiosity and will conquer many listeners soon after.

A miraculous outburst of creativity: Chinese composers meet Nieuw Ensemble

The way we listen to music is highly determined by our predominant musical exposure during our youth. Tuning system, rhythm, form, timbre, ornaments, are all unconsciously assimilated, shaping how we will pay attention when listening.
 
The adult ear misses many of the subtleties of radically new musical input. Whether that is flamenco, opera, Carnatic music, Javanese gamelan, spectralism: the first times we really listen, our attention is reluctant to engage. 
 
For curious ears this is an attractive challenge. Their intuition tells them: there must be something precious behind that first layer of sound I can barely follow.
What’s more: listening skills are contagious! That day you witnessed your friend crying with an opera aria; or attended a wedding where everybody clapped and danced flamenco; or joined an Arabic concert where most of the public would sigh in a thrill at certain turns of the voice.
 
The podcast series Curious Ears, initiated by Dutch international festival Gaudeamus Muziekweek, explores how experienced listeners can convey their sensorial background, passion and joy to a new listener. 
Let’s get technical, but personal; cognitive, yet intuitive. A friend is sharing their musical intimacy with us. Enjoy.

A miraculous outburst of creativity: Chinese composers meet Nieuw Ensemble

Gaudeamus | Podcast Curious Ears

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