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 between live-electronics and other improvising musicians. It is programmed in SuperCollider as a live-electronics interface for free improvisation. Solo...
This work features speech segments by D. Trump, with the original images warped (slow / fast motion) and the sound replaced by a virtual 'orchestra' of improvisers (the material was assembled after posting an online call for participants). The result: a partially humorist, partially horrifying...
Ziv Taubenfeld (b. clarinet), Marie Guilleray (voice, electronics), Onno Govaert (percussion), and I were working on a live soundtrack for Jean Epstein’s The Faithful Heart (1923). The premiere was supposed to take place at the Sounds of Silence festival, at the De Nieuwe Regentes, The...
A work which is a partially humorist, partially politically charged and horrifying. FAKE NEWS | STAY TUNED is a game piece (text score) or as an interactive online video clip, which guides its participants (musicians or non-musicians) towards a freely improvised path. ...
Composed soundtrack for Buster Keaton’s silent film (1926) In collaboration with Carlos Ema, Oğuz Büyükberber, Luis Mora...
The title hasBara literally translates from Hebrew as “explanation”, or, more specifically, “an act of explanation”. This is also the name of the department of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is responsible for communicating the policies and actions of the state of Israel...
hasBara is an ensemble work for any instrument (or voices). The open score calls for improvisation, and directs the musicians to alternate between solo and group playing. The work was commissioned by Musica Nova consort (see earlier version), and later performed by Mutu ensemble (video...
Stations and Journeys is a notated / open score for ensemble (at least 8 musicians). The work was commissioned by Ensemble Modelo62 for their [sg_popup id="1847" event="click"]Intercity Sessions[/sg_popup] concert series. I had the chance to work in a close collaboration with the ensemble, and to experience...
A 90' long live soundtrack for the F. W. Murnau classic Nosferatu (1922). The first performance took place as part of the Sounds of Silence festival (17 January 2015), curated by Amir Vodka-Berendsen. Perc: Mei-yi Lee Cb & computer: Ilya Ziblat. Short video trailer: [vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkIdW115zYM&t=38s'] Program notes: The soundtrack for the film Nosferatu...
Trembling Time (for two pianists) explores elasticity of rhythm. Through constant stretching and shrinking of the pulse I am trying to create a fictitious musical dimension in which the beat becomes almost a liquid-like musical element, rather than dictates by an even and constant pulse....
The Instrument is an interactive live-electronics computer system programmed in SuperCollider. The computer can be triggered by any number of pitch-producing resonating object – musical instruments or any kind of objects. There is no score or any instructions, and no limit on the length of...
[Untitled, 2012] is a composition for contrabass and electronics. The electronic sounds provide the role of accompaniment – a pre-composed “rhythm section” – and the bass player takes the lead role as the “soloist.” A pre-recorded soundtrack functions as a rhythmic grid into which the...
Commissioned by ensemble Meitar. For fl. cl. vl. vla. vcl. pno. and live-electronics Premiere: 5 July 2012 Levontin 7, Tel Aviv, Israel (ensemble Meitar, cond. Guy Feder) ...
For viola, contrabass, and electronics (computer and MIDI keyboard, played by a third musician). dur. 15′ Duration: 15' Premiere: 20 January 2011, Studio LOOS, the Hague As suggested by the title (which could be translated from Spanish as: “mode of remembering, mode of forgetting”), MRMO deal with the limitations of...
For ensemble (trb, a.sax, t.sax, e.guit, pno, perc) Duration: 40 seconds Premiere: 25 May 2008, TAG, the Hague. Ensemble Klang. Further performances: 5 Mar 2011, with video work by Shiri Limor. Korzo theater, The Hague. [vc_video link='http://youtu.be/CNeOz6cftdA']...
for ensemble (cl, b.cl, hrn, 2perc, vl, vla, vcl, db) Duration: 9' 31 March 2010, Amsterdam conservatory, ASKO Ensemble, Bas Wiegers (cond.) Seven Different Ways of Getting Lost, a chamber music piece composed for the ASKO ensemble, was an early attempt to explicitly introduce flexibility into a written score. I was...
For cl, trb, e.guit, vl, db, org, electronics (live, playback) Duration: any (composition / sound installation) Premiere: 27 May 2010, Orgerlpark, Amsterdam Unmixable Elements is a composition / sound installation written for the MAE ensemble, for the program Metamorfoses (together with Leine & Roebana dance group). Aimed to...
This work for youth string orchestra was commissioned by conductor Josep Manresa for the Corelli Orchestra (Vila-seca conservatory, Catalonya). This is a "didactic" composition, aimed to introduce 20th century instrumental techniques and improvisation for young musicians (ages 12-15). I had the amazing opportunity to work...
For string orchestra (at least 4, 4, 3, 2, 1) Duration: 10' Premiere: 13 November 2009, National Bank hall, Belgrade. St. George strings, Bojan Suđić (cond.) [vc_video link='https://vimeo.com/ilyaziblatshay/night-along-the-top'] The piece is based on two short fragments of a song written and performed by the Egyptian singer, composer, and Oud player Mohammed Abdel...
For two instruments or one instrument and voice Duration: approx. 10' In this graphic score, several melodic segments are structured in a circle. The musicians explore different paths in the score, reading the material clock- or counterclockwise, simultaneously together or taking different directions. The title suggests an imaginary...