"Greetings from Astridplein" is my recent collaboration with composer Matthew Shlomowitz and guitarist Tom Pauwels. Made for BBC radio 3, this work took an interesting turn when the three of us felt it would be constructive for the piece if I musically produce and transform it into a ("musical") radio play. Adding field recordings, cutting and re-editing the material (with full respect to the score), envisioning the sound of each guitar channel and then mixing and mashing them up into a new "cinematic" creation were in a sense a chance for me to discover a new territory within the world of interpretation. 
* All guitars recordings by Tom Pauwels and myself

Deutsch-Pauwels-Shlomowitz: Greetings from Astridplein

Yaron Deutsch (Tel Aviv, 1978), is a guitarist mainly known for his work in the field of contemporary (classical) music. He is the founder and artistic director of the chamber quartet NIKEL and a frequent guest in Europe’s finest groups & orchestras dedicated to contemporary music. Most often he plays with the acclaimed Klangforum Wien & Musikfabrik ensembles.

As a soloist he performed with the Israeli Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai (Turin) & SWR Symphonieorchester; playing under conductors: Sylvain Camberling, Titus Engl, Peter Eötvös, Zubin Mehta, Emilio Pomàrico, Peter Rundel, Ilan Volkov & Bas Wiegers to name a few.

Recordings featuring his playing are available on Col Legno, Kairos, Neos, Sub Rosa and Wergo labels.

Apart from his performative activities, he is a professor for contemporary music at the University of Music in Basel (Hochschule für Musik FHNW / Sonic Space Basel) and guitar tutor at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses.
As well he directs the International Festival for Contemporary Chamber Music in Tel Aviv – “Tzlil Meudcan” (In Hebrew: “Updated Tone”).

Deutsch-Pauwels-Shlomowitz: Greetings from Astridplein

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