Ilya Ziblat Shay is a composer, performer and researcher. He works in the fields of experimental and electronic music.

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His work combines interactive computer systems and live performance. He uses an ever-evolving set of digital tools like sound synthesis, machine listening and human-computer interaction – not only to create music but to explore what it means to listen with and through technology.

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Language and speech often provide raw material for audio processing, allowing 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, inviting the audience to witness how musical processes are unfolding in real time. In parallel, he works with notation – mostly open and process-based scores – and plays bass.

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Ilya collaborates regularly with musicians and ensembles. His works have been performed at major venues and festivals. He is co-artistic director and 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] com