Nizar Rohana is a Palestinian ud player and composer based in The Netherlands, distinguished for combining virtuosity within fresh contemporary compositions while maintaining the ud’s authentic language. In his podcast for Gaudeamus, he unravels the relationship between improvisation and composition in taqsim (Arabic improvised music), focusing on temporal aspects of taqsim and on the historical inventions by ud pioneers like Munir Bashir.

Full list of musical fragments played in the podcast:

1. Riyad al-Sunbaṭi, taqsim hijaz
2. Simon Shaheen, Taqasim on the Beat 
3. Nizar Rohana, taqsim nahawand
4. Salih Abd al-Hai, mawwal: adhak men al-fum 
5. Muhammad al-Qasabji, taqsim nahawand
6. Muhammad al-Qasabji, taqsim bayati
7. Riyad al-Sunbati, taqsim nahawand
8. Munir Bashir, taqasim nahawand kabir
9. Nizar Rohana, Mufradat Nahawand

Production: Soundtreks / Michiel van de Weerthof
Curator: Jonás Bisquert

www.gaudeamus.nl

Taqsim journey: appreciating temporal aspects in ‘Ud improvisation

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

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.

Taqsim journey: appreciating temporal aspects in ‘Ud improvisation

Gaudeamus | Podcast Curious Ears

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