28 Mar [ works for instruments / chamber groups ]

  Signature Piece

Written for ensemble Klang (trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, elect. guitar, piano, percussion)

performances:

• 25 May 2008, TAG, The Hague
• 5 Mar 2011, with video work by Shiri Limor. Korzo theater, The Hague

  [ untitled, for ensemble and electronics ]

Written for ensemble Meitar→ ( fl. cl. vl. vla. vcl. pno. and live-electronics)

Premiere: 5 July 2012 Levontin 7, Tel Aviv, Israel (ensemble Meitar, cond. Guy Feder)

  Seven Different Ways of Getting Lost

Written for ASKO ensemble (cl, b.cl, hrn, 2perc, vl, vla, vcl, db)

An early attempt to explicitly introduce flexibility into a written score. I was trying to balance between these two ingredients: on one side the traditionally written musical material (notes, rhythm, bars and so on), and on the other side instructed guidance towards improvisation (providing the players with the possibility to choose between several musical alternatives or providing them with incomplete or very basic information that asks for intervention – all choices that have to be done in real time). The composition goes through several phases of combination between the two elements: from an entirely “fixed” and notated staring point, until reaching the final resolution in the form of free improvisation. This process was meant to function not only as a compositional working method, but to be perceived as such by the audience.

  Unmixable Elements

Written for the MAE ensemble (formerly the Maarten Altena Ensemble): cl., trb., elect. guit., vl., db., organ, electronics, and Leine & Roebana dance company (Metamorfoses→ ).

Composed form several parts that were performed simultaneously in different locations in and around the building (Orgelpark, Amsterdam), starting the concert by accompanying the audience shifting from the outside world into the hall. The final part of brought together the musicians & dancers in the main hall, “officially” starting the concert by blending in some of the elements which were used previously.

Premiere: 27 May 2010, Orgerlpark, Amsterdam