Commissioned and premiered by the Israeli ensemble Musica Nova Consort, this version of hasBara is written for instruments and live-electronics. The musicians trigger the computer sounds, generated by real-time processing of voice samples of Israeli public figures. The content of the words is political....
How to compose a work that demands from the players active participation – not only as interpreting musicians, but also as improvisers, as "instant composers"? How to create a dialogue between pre-composed ideas and the musicians' real-time input? How to notate such music, which musical...
Paper presentaion (online) at the Conference on Artistic Research in Music of the Pyrenees, JIAM Pirineus, Puigcerdà, Spain (2020): abstract: SLIL (in Hebrew: reel, e.g. a tape reel) is a live-electronics work. It can be performed as solo work for a computer musician or as an interaction...
Live soundtrack for Jean Epstein’s silent film The Faithful Heart (1923). Together with Ziv Taubenfeld (b. clarinet), Marie Guilleray (voice, electronics), Onno Govaert (percussion), and myself (bass)....
My dissertation is available online: https://www.freedomandfixity.com/ Abstract: Between Freedom and Fixity: Artistic Reflections on Composition and Improvisation is a practice-based research project that aims to highlight the role of freedom and fixity in music and to develop a discourse based on these two concepts. The research suggests a...
Debris – A new track by Roberto Garreton and myself (recorded by Jan T.V. Falkenstein), Featured on the massive release audio-DH. Conceived and directed by Francisco López, audio-DH is a collaborative project of epic proportions that weaves the sounds of 250 of The Hague’s creative...
An excerpt from a live recording which concluded our residency at studio LOOS, the Hague (march 2012). Live video art by Daniel Slabosky. Based on texts by Yossel Birstein, narrated by me and processed live by Maya Felixbrodt. ...
In April we have been invited by the Israeli Composer's League to play two pieces: Ophir Ilzetzki‘s Spotlight (premiered in Norwich on November 2013), and a new piece by Shmuel Malkin. The concert was held in Haifa University. Besides, we have also played our full program in haTeiva,...
During February 2013 we were busy preparing a new program for our duo, featuring newly commissioned pieces and older repertoire for voice, double bass and electronics in various combinations. Together with composers and friends Luc Döbereiner and Lula Romero we spent a few days in a...
On the verge between acoustic and electronic, improvised and composed, Hatzatz ("gravel" in Hebrew) was an experimental trio, active between 2010-2013. The music was created through a collaborative working process and featured improvisation as much as pre-composed structures. Hatzatz often collaborated with visual artists (live...
In November 2012, Hatztaz released their first CD, which was recorded during a live concert at studio LOOS (in March 2012). The CD is available for download / order: http://hatzatz.bandcamp.com/ Recording & mixing - Arne Bock Mastering - Thilo Schaller Graphic Design - Inbal Kaplan-Harari Release mini tour, with...