Ilya Ziblat Shay is a composer, performer and researcher focused on music technology and experimental music practices.

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His work combines interactive computer systems and live performance. He uses an ever-expanding set of digital tools like audio synthesis, machine-listening algorithms, creative coding and interactive interface design, alongside open scores and graphic notation, and playing the bass.

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Language and speech often provide raw material for real-time processing, allowing him to explores current world issues with a critical ear.  Through this lens he aims to map social, political and techno-ethical questions as augmented musical narratives. (‘Breathtaking mangled messes … a volatile document of a volatile time’, Jack Davidson, Noise Not Music).

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Improvisation is another recurring thread in his work: a continuous interplay between musicians, emergent sound structures, and interactive or autonomous technologies, that invites the audience to witness musical processes unfolding in real time.

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Ilya collaborates regularly with musicians and ensembles, and his works have been performed at major venues and festivals. He is co-artistic director/performer at the Hague-based CatchPenny ensemble and a member of iii (instrument inventors) collective workspace. He holds a PhD in artistic research from Leiden University and has lived and worked in The Hague since 2005

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  contact:   ziblatilya [at] gmail [dot] ccom