Different Stages

In passing years I find my self more and more taking part in large scale staged productions (opera or dance) which allow a dive into perspectives that go beyond playing and no less joyful is the chance to reside in one location for some weeks . With the guitar gaining more and more presence in the New Art Music repertoire it was only obvious that interesting guitar parts were appearing in the output of contemporary composers writing for old fashioned mediums like opera or ballet (modern dance).

mObd

Ministry of Bad Decisions (mObd) is a free imrpov band including composer/improviser Stefan Prin, drummer Brian Archinal and myself on guitar. Our creation “I Think I will” is a homage to “licks”, copy pasting in art and Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

 

 

Alone Together

Alone Together is the third and most current collaboration I’m having with double bassist Uli Fussenegger. Premiering in Stuttgart at the Eclat Festival (Feb. 2021) we will be presenting new pieces by composers Georges Aperghis, Clara Iannotta, Andreas Dohmen & Christopher Trapani. The title is referencing the classic album “Alone Together” by Jim Hall & Ron Carter but in this case the intimate meeting point of double bass and electric guitar is to feature live or prerecorded electronics, each reflecting the personal aesthetic of the above mentioned composers suggesting different perspective on the potential fusion of the given sonorities. Previous collaborations with Fussenegger include the works “San Teodoro 8” (Available on Kairos label) and “Synthetic Skin”.

MUSIC FROM THE VAULT

Regardless of the art field, medium, genre or practice,  all artists have bunch of material staying on the studio floor (sometimes literally) not making it into an official release. Very often the content is more then worthy but there are so many parameters cancelling or leading a work  to the moment it materialises itself into formally coming out. Still with the digital age on our side, it has become quite easy and with no compromise of quality to assemble a catalogue of such unreleased material which at best can offer a new perspective on official published works or on the other hand allow a discovery of  projects that never got big enough to travel or be distributed. Such assembly, you can find on my Soundcloud page dedicated solely to live and studio outtakes.

 

TZLIL MEUDCAN

“Tzlil Meudcan” (In Hebrew: Updated tone) is an International Festival for Contemporary Chamber Music that I’ve been directing in Tel Aviv since 2007 . This yearly festival is hosting Internationally acclaimed ensembles, soloists and composers while at the same time offers a stage to up and coming artists, local or foreign.

Explore its programming (current and past) by clicking here