Returns & Simulacra composed for Zubin Kanga presented at NIME 2023, May 29-June 3, in Mexico City.
Returns and Simulacra combines sound and projections of video onto a screen with the performer’s body on stage. It uses mini bee accelerometers and touch-sensor attachments as an instrument called Piano Hands. The digital score is the Piano Hands instrument which the pianist controls to communicate wirelessly to a max/MSP patch interface. The piece addresses the performer’s multiple identities on stage, playing the line between the real and virtual performance while incorporating different footage from filmed videos of the pianist and archived cabaret performances of the British queer performers of the past. The digital score relies on the pianist's embodied gestural behaviour and his reaction to audio and video material. Piece developed for Zubin Kanga as part of Cyborg Soloists' commissioning project and DigiScore project case studies.
SAS - String Air Synthesis-duo with Volodymyr Voyt - March 18, 2023 @ Kaufman Music Centre as part of Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival (UCMF), NYC, US.
Full concert: https://youtu.be/kfjwdVDCUj0?si=Wc1ClJuCNcIx05O4
Presenting at International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation (TENOR 2021) on May 11, 2021
I'm presenting Extending Notation through Embodied Research that I wrote for TENOR 2020 which has been postponed from last year to this year's conference. Looking forward to talk about my composition process through embodied research in On Fragments with Quasar Saxophone Quartet and Motion Studies with Ilona Krawczyk, Colin Frank and Cristina Fuentes.
VYSHYVANKY
Recently, I have been involved in making a Browser based generative music/art project for the first ever Browser Festival happening this June 2021 where ever there is internet. The project platform is started by composer/artist Brandon Snyder based out of Stuttgart, Germany and brings together 5 different pairs of artist/programmers working on interactive web/music/art projects. My project Vyshyvanky is in collaboration with artist/programmer Curt Miller and has to do with animating geometric cross-stitch Ukrainian embroidery patterns through sound and image interactions.
SAS - String Air Synthesis-duo with Volodymyr Voyt - Friday, June 25 @ Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
Volodymyr Voyt and Solomiya Moroz started playing together through their joint interests in contemporary and electronic music, although their instruments and musical inspirations could not be from more different worlds. Solomiya Moroz is a contemporary composer, flutist, electronic musician and interdisciplinary performer. She is passionate about extending sound through electroacoustic synthesis, the theatricality of sound and its performance in chamber music. Volodymyr Voyt is a bandurist, performing on the Kharkiv style of bandura and other acoustic historic instruments. He investigates the music of the avant-garde period of the bandura, specialises in such styles as: minimalism, ethno-baroque, fusion, ethno-renaisance and others. In the SAS project Volodymyr plays on two diatonic instruments of the Kharkiv type bandura, tuned microtonally. The repertoire of SAS combines free and structured improvisations on flute and bandura, with a wide use of extended techniques and electroacoustic sound synthesis. The duo will be performing on June 25 at the Arsenal Contemporary Art Centre book fair in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Docu_Presence at Array Music, Thursday, June 13, 8pm!
ArrayMusic and Solomiya Moroz Present:
Docu_Presence (June 13th, 2019 — ArrayMusic Space, Toronto)
Facebook Event
Docu_Presence is an installation-performance which examines folklore broadly as an idea for cultural transmission, exploring the multifaceted layers of interaction in both traditional and urban contexts using sounds and images. This Toronto presentation will also appear at Suoni Per Il Popolo in Montreal June 17th!
A collaborative project between flutist/composer Solomiya Moroz (CA/UA), Ukrainian composer Ostap Manulyak, bandurist Julian Kytasty (CA/US), it also features performances by Ilana Waniuk (violin). The event works with juxtaposition: street music and concert music, folklore and contemporary interpretation, archival materials and immediate presence. In addition to installations by Manulyak and Oksana Kazmina it also includes concert works by Taylor Brook, Manulyak, and Moroz.
Docu_Presence (June 13th, 2019 — ArrayMusic Space, Toronto)
Facebook Event
Docu_Presence is an installation-performance which examines folklore broadly as an idea for cultural transmission, exploring the multifaceted layers of interaction in both traditional and urban contexts using sounds and images. This Toronto presentation will also appear at Suoni Per Il Popolo in Montreal June 17th!
A collaborative project between flutist/composer Solomiya Moroz (CA/UA), Ukrainian composer Ostap Manulyak, bandurist Julian Kytasty (CA/US), it also features performances by Ilana Waniuk (violin). The event works with juxtaposition: street music and concert music, folklore and contemporary interpretation, archival materials and immediate presence. In addition to installations by Manulyak and Oksana Kazmina it also includes concert works by Taylor Brook, Manulyak, and Moroz.
Docu_Presence presented during Contrasts Festival in Lviv, Ukraine, Oct 8, 2017
On Fragments Canadian Premier May 3 in Montreal
I'm in Montreal right now for the Canadian premier of my piece On Fragments written for Quasar Saxophone Quartet. The premier was in Huddersfield on April 3, now we present a slightly different version this Wednesday May 3 @ Gesu Centre de Création in Montreal @ 20.00
Also on the programme piece by Adam Basanta, Frederick Gran and Philippe Leroux!
More info on the programme, HERE!
Here is some info about the piece from Quasar's website:
https://quasar4.com/fr/repertoire/fragments
From the performance at GESU:
Also on the programme piece by Adam Basanta, Frederick Gran and Philippe Leroux!
More info on the programme, HERE!
Here is some info about the piece from Quasar's website:
https://quasar4.com/fr/repertoire/fragments
From the performance at GESU:
Interesting introduction to my work these days from WEISSLICH series where I had a pleasure of performing back in April, 2016.
Immaculate Machine of Liveness premiered by Ensemble Apparat at St. Paul's in Huddersfield as part of CeReNeM visiting artist concert!
I have finished editing my Master's Thesis which was presented last March at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam's research symposium. Here I talk about how performances with gestural controllers and sensors today have not come to significantly diversify the standard instrumental practice with live electronics. I discuss the history and evolution towards gestural performances while looking at the composers of the American avant-garde in the 1950s and 1960s as well as the developments in Amsterdam’s STEIM centre for electro acoustic instrumental research from early 1980s to present time. I also discuss my own setup with flute and a MINIBEE accelerometer and highlight other artists who work with a similar setup. I would like to acknowledge the generous support of Canada Council for the Arts for my studies and research in 2014-15 at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Dreams, Superheroes and the Apocalypse - Final Master Graduation Recital! June 20, 13.00 TheaterZaal Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Short-Wave Apocalypse is Solomiya Moroz's final graduation Master's recital and an interdisciplinary collaboration immersing the audience in the themes of the whimsical, surreal and apocalyptic as realised through music, dance, video and live electronics. Three musicians and one dancer share the music and movement together on stage, when one movement becomes a sound sculpture and brings sound to the next gesture. From shifting landscapes to changing soundscapes, the hypnotic sound sequence is almost always present like the time that is ticking away, ignorant of a constant moving state of emergency that is just around the corner. Are we in it? Are we experiencing it? Can you grasp it or is it already gone?
Programme///
///Ap 16/17 -- for flute and live electronics -composition by Marcelo F. Lazcano, Solomiya Moroz, electronics and flute performance
///Continuous City of Leonia -- music/programming by Solomiya Moroz images by Maxime Boisvert as inspired by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities
///Short Wave Apocalypse with participation of Marko Ivic piano, live electronics, Eva Aukes guitar, live electronics, and Margherita Bergamo, dance
With images by Maxime Boisvert
Facebook event
https://www.facebook.com/events/1010995285578958/
Projects in Amsterdam - inspiration for a blog
Since I have started my 2nd year of Master's at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam with intensified research into gestural controllers and inter-desciplinarity I decided to start a blog where I will post about my new findings, perhaps inciting other people to contribute through comments as to my research. Coming soon - watch out for blog entries on this site!
SOTU and new start in Amsterdam
I have started a Master's in Live Electronics at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam this year where I have been learning live electronic softwares like Max MSP, SuperCollider, STEIM's new LISA and JunXIon as well as performance with them. I have been busy with this no doubt, recently I had an opportunity to present some of my new music at SOTU festival, here is a short semi-improvised piece called Pleiades from the festival.
Au bout de l'au fond for clarinet with fixed media
The piece that I wrote this summer for Soundscape Festival featuring Gleb Kanasevich on clarinet
PAST PROJECTSLA FATIGUE - spectacle de danse, musique et vidéo
Fatigue:
État de lassitude, avec une baisse plus ou moins prononcée des aptitudes physiques ou mentales, suivant des efforts physiques ou intellectuels Détérioration d’un matériau après des sollicitations répétées Residency with Les Filles Föllen in Barcelona Apr 22-May 6 Creation Residency at Espai Erre in Barcelona with a contemporary dance group Les Filles Föllen this past April and May working on a creation of the original concept for music score and sound design to a multi-disciplinary show "La Fatigue" to be premiered in Montreal at the Zone Homa Festival on August 21, 2013. Ensemble in residence at soundSCAPE Festival in Maccagno, Italy with Thin Edge New Music Collective and Olivia Steimel June 30-July 13, 2013 Our specific project Keys, Wind and Strings is part of soundSCAPE festival in Maccagno, Italy this July as an ensemble in residence. Four new works will be written for us and presented at the end of the festival. I am also a featured composer participant at the festival, writing a solo work with electronics for virtuoso clarinetist Gleb Kanasevich. MCML (Montreal Contemporary Music Lab) June 17-22 Presenting a workshop on improvised music and writing with improvisation for regular and graphic scores at MCML June 21, 2013. Also performing at the guest artist concert June 19 at 19:00 |
Sept personnes jouent avec la danse, la physicalité et la connexion avec la musique et la vidéo. Jusqu’à ce qu’ils réalisent que le bonheur ne les conduit pas partout, et ils veulent plus. Le poids du corps et la fatigue de le porter au fil du temps valent la peine de perdre la stabilité, la sécurité et de marcher dans des lieux inconnus. Ils représentent la légèreté et la frivolité dans le mouvement du corps et interagissent avec le public qui lui, fait partie intégrante du spectacle. Chorégraphe: Margherita Bergamo Interprètes: Émilie Cardu-Beauquier, Claudia Chan Tak, Andrée-Anne Giasson, Marilou Lépine, Dominique-Sophie Sarrazin, Laura Toma, Alexis Trepanier, Solomiya Moroz, Wojtek Pustola et Margherita Bergamo Crédits: Solomiya Moroz/conception sonore Wojtek Pustola/installation vidéo Raimundo Morte/assistance à la dramaturgie Carles Rigual/conception d’éclairages Tuixén Benet/assistance chorégraphique Katayoun Dibamehr/responsable de la production Ana Cuba/photographie Les filles Föllen’s Entertainment (Melissa Mustefaga)/production |
DATE Mercredi 21 août 2013 20:00 à 21:00 PRIX 15$ CONTACT [email protected] LIEU Maison de la culture Maisonneuve Zone HoMa Festival 4200, rue Ontario Est Montréal, QC Canada H1V 1K1 514 872-2200 Site Web | Itinéraire et carte Événement facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/357508114380279/ |
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Tour with Thin Edge New Music Collective Jan 21-Feb 11, 2013
In January and February of 2013, I will be joining Toronto's Thin Edge New Music Collective and guest artist German accordionist, Olivia Steimel for a Canadian concert tour entitled: Keys, Wind and Strings – sonic explorations for accordion, flute, piano and violin. The primary focus of this project will be the premiering and dissemination of two new works by emerging Canadian composers Anna Pidgorna and myself written for this unique instrumentation. We are honoured to have been accepted for an artistic residency at the Banff Centre with Olivia where we will spend two weeks in preparation for the tour which will take us to Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto and Montreal and will include performances at Calgary’s Happening Festival of Music and Media alongside renowned ensembles such as grammy nominated eighth blackbird and Calgary’s own Land’s End. Several concerts on the tour will also feature interesting collaborations with local musicians including a performance with guitarist/composer Jeff Younger at Vancouver’s 1067, while the Montreal concert will be co-presented with bass-saxophonist/composer Jason Sharp. This tour was made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council of the Arts as well as the Shevchenko Foundation.
Tour dates, venues and ticket info:
Calgary - January 21, 8 pm, Happening Festival of Music and Media, Eckhardt Gramatté Hall, $15-$20
info: http://music.ucalgary.ca/event/thin-edge-new-music-collective-keys-wind-and-strings-sonic-explorations-accordion-flute-piano-
Vancouver - January 31, 9 pm, 1067, 1115b East Hastings, $5
Vancouver - February 1, 8 pm, CMC Vancouver, 837 Davie Street, $15-20
Victoria - February 3, 7:30 pm, Wood Hall, The Victoria Conservatory of Music, 900 Johnson St, $10-$15*
*Presented by Open Space Arts Society: http://www.openspace.ca/keyswindstrings
Toronto - February 10, 3 pm, Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave, $15-$20
Montreal - February 11, 8 pm, Sala Rosa, 4848 boul. Saint-Laurent, $10-15
info: http://music.ucalgary.ca/event/thin-edge-new-music-collective-keys-wind-and-strings-sonic-explorations-accordion-flute-piano-
Vancouver - January 31, 9 pm, 1067, 1115b East Hastings, $5
Vancouver - February 1, 8 pm, CMC Vancouver, 837 Davie Street, $15-20
Victoria - February 3, 7:30 pm, Wood Hall, The Victoria Conservatory of Music, 900 Johnson St, $10-$15*
*Presented by Open Space Arts Society: http://www.openspace.ca/keyswindstrings
Toronto - February 10, 3 pm, Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave, $15-$20
Montreal - February 11, 8 pm, Sala Rosa, 4848 boul. Saint-Laurent, $10-15
24gauche - série d'événements en art sonor
Performing improvisation on two 8-ohm speakers with objects and electronics at Espace Projet
353 rue Villeray, December 19 at 8:30 pm
http://24gauche.blogspot.ca/
STANDING STILL
HTMlles Festival 10 with the support of Darling Foundry presents:
standing still
In collaboration with Ali El-Darsa
November 12-13, Darling Foundry
Vernissage: Nov 12
Htmlles: http://www.htmlles.net
standing still, a video and sound installation, examines Griffintown’s current social condition in the midst of rapid urban redevelopment. While informed by Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities, the piece navigates through a neighborhood-in-transition to explore issues of identity, themes of solitude, desire, memory, displacement and abandonment. By way of collected sounds and images, the artists re-imagine Griffintown’s emerging identity while looking at dissipating urban structures and historic sites.
standing still est une installation audio-visuelle qui examine la condition sociale actuelle de
Griffintown, dans la foulée d’une rapide restructuration urbaine. Inspirés par Invisible Cities
de Italo Calvino, Ali El-Darsa et Solomiya Moroz naviguent à travers un quartier en transition
pour explorer les questions d’identité ainsi que les thèmes de la solitude et de l’abandon.
Thanks to the staff of Matralab, Darling Foundry, PRIM and Studio XX // Remerciements à
Matralab, Fonderie Darling, PRIM et Studio XX
standing still
In collaboration with Ali El-Darsa
November 12-13, Darling Foundry
Vernissage: Nov 12
Htmlles: http://www.htmlles.net
standing still, a video and sound installation, examines Griffintown’s current social condition in the midst of rapid urban redevelopment. While informed by Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities, the piece navigates through a neighborhood-in-transition to explore issues of identity, themes of solitude, desire, memory, displacement and abandonment. By way of collected sounds and images, the artists re-imagine Griffintown’s emerging identity while looking at dissipating urban structures and historic sites.
standing still est une installation audio-visuelle qui examine la condition sociale actuelle de
Griffintown, dans la foulée d’une rapide restructuration urbaine. Inspirés par Invisible Cities
de Italo Calvino, Ali El-Darsa et Solomiya Moroz naviguent à travers un quartier en transition
pour explorer les questions d’identité ainsi que les thèmes de la solitude et de l’abandon.
Thanks to the staff of Matralab, Darling Foundry, PRIM and Studio XX // Remerciements à
Matralab, Fonderie Darling, PRIM et Studio XX
BRUISSEMENTS DU CERCLE #3, Hommage à John Cage
Cette troisième édition de la série de concerts Bruissements du Cercle rend hommage à l’illustre compositeur américain d’avant-garde, John Cage (1912-1992). Accordant souvent une place de choix à l’électroacoustique, aux philosophies orientales, au hasard ou aux instruments modifiés/inhabituels, l’oeuvre de John Cage a révolutionné les conceptions traditionnelles de son milieu musical et laissé un héritage toujours aussi riche aujourd’hui, 100 ans après sa naissance.
Les co-directeurs de l’événement, Gabriel Dharmoo (voix) et Solomiya Moroz (flûte), partageront la scène avec Diego Espinosa(percussion), James O’Callaghan (électroniques) et Katelyn Clark (piano-jouet) pour interpréter différentes oeuvres de John Cage, dont Water Walk, Aria + Fontana Mix et Suite for Toy Piano, ainsi qu’une composition de Solomiya Moroz (Toy Memory). Pour ponctuer le programme, l’artiste de performance et d’art corporel Michelle Lacombe réinterprètera différentes performances de Fluxus, mouvement artistique né dans les années 60, se réclamant de l’héritage de John Cage.
Mercredi 24 octobre 2012
20h
Contribution volontaire
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/537965666218015/?fref=ts
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Griffintown Polyphony * Montreal and Berlin 2011/2012 * Sound installation curated by Paola Bonino at Kunstraum Tapir in Berlin during my residency May-June, 2012
Solomiya Moroz
Griffintown Polyphony * Montreal and Berlin 2011/2012 * Sound installation originally triggered and created through Max/MSP software, Maps
Sound: 56 min, loop
Maps: 29,7 cm x 42 cm
Griffintown Polyphony presents field recordings from Griffintown neighborhood located in the South West of Montreal. Once a booming industrial area occupied by Irish settlers in the middle of 19th century, today the district is undergoing a controversial redevelopment, to become a modern condo and office-area with little respect for its former history, architecture and present cultural life. The recordings include elements from Griffintown's industrial past and daily activities—trains, silos, horse carriages and bike paths—as well as from the current construction sites. As shown in the map on display, the field recordings are from both the district's east and west sides. It is important to know that the cultural life of Griffintown is threatened by the development project that aims to segregate completely its East from its West.
Neither trying to beautify or embellish the raw audio, the artist is showing the random polyphony created from the juxtaposition of the recordings, in which sounds from past and present play against each other. Griffintown Polyphony is the starting point of a larger project that Moroz is developing in collaboration with the Montreal-based video artist Ali El-Darsa. The final installation will include video projections on four large screens and will be presented in a couple of Montreal's art centers this year. link for more information: http://taktberlin.org/residency/activities/2012/zu%20mir%20oder%20zu%20dir_Solomiya%20Moroz.htm
Griffintown Polyphony * Montreal and Berlin 2011/2012 * Sound installation originally triggered and created through Max/MSP software, Maps
Sound: 56 min, loop
Maps: 29,7 cm x 42 cm
Griffintown Polyphony presents field recordings from Griffintown neighborhood located in the South West of Montreal. Once a booming industrial area occupied by Irish settlers in the middle of 19th century, today the district is undergoing a controversial redevelopment, to become a modern condo and office-area with little respect for its former history, architecture and present cultural life. The recordings include elements from Griffintown's industrial past and daily activities—trains, silos, horse carriages and bike paths—as well as from the current construction sites. As shown in the map on display, the field recordings are from both the district's east and west sides. It is important to know that the cultural life of Griffintown is threatened by the development project that aims to segregate completely its East from its West.
Neither trying to beautify or embellish the raw audio, the artist is showing the random polyphony created from the juxtaposition of the recordings, in which sounds from past and present play against each other. Griffintown Polyphony is the starting point of a larger project that Moroz is developing in collaboration with the Montreal-based video artist Ali El-Darsa. The final installation will include video projections on four large screens and will be presented in a couple of Montreal's art centers this year. link for more information: http://taktberlin.org/residency/activities/2012/zu%20mir%20oder%20zu%20dir_Solomiya%20Moroz.htm
Review of Bruissements du Cercle !!
Bloc #3 - Karlheinz Essl and Beat Furrer with Sarah Kirsch, soprano
"Le troisième bloc était constitué d’une flûtiste, Solomiya Moroz qui est aussi la co-directrice de l’événement. Elle nous présenta deux œuvres d’origine autrichienne d’où elle revenait d’un stage. Pour la deuxième œuvre présentée, elle était accompagnée d’une soprano manitobaine Sarah Kirsch, afin d’interpréter une pièce de Beat Furrer. J’avais par moment l’impression que les sons qui émanaient de la première prestation agissaient un peu comme un boomerang. Ils s’atténuaient puis s’amplifiaient. En ce qui concerne la deuxième pièce présentée, je dois souligner la chimie sonore et la complémentarité de Solomiya et de Sarah" - Fanny Beaulieu (Huffington Post Quebec)
For the whole review of the evening please visit: http://patwhite.com/node/14432
For the whole review of the evening please visit: http://patwhite.com/node/14432
Bruissements du Cercle #2
Un programme éclectique de musique contemporaine, électroacoustique et improvisée
28/06 - jeudi 20h
Contribution volontaire : suggéré 10$
facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/159046494228262/
Co-dirigée par Gabriel Dharmoo et Solomiya Moroz, la série de concerts Bruissements du Cercle propose un heureux mélange de musique contemporaine, électroacoustique et improvisée à ESPACE CERCLE CARRÉ. Ces soirées réunissent des musiciens de divers horizons, médiums et esthétiques mais avec l’objectif commun de présenter du répertoire novateur et stimulant.
Co-directed by Gabriel Dharmoo and Solomiya Moroz, concert series Bruissements du Cercle proposes a mix of contemporary, electroacoustic and improvised music at Espace Cercle Carré. The concerts bring togethers musicians from diverse backgrounds, media and aesthetics with a common goal to present new and stimulating music.
28/06 - jeudi 20h
Contribution volontaire : suggéré 10$
facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/159046494228262/
Co-dirigée par Gabriel Dharmoo et Solomiya Moroz, la série de concerts Bruissements du Cercle propose un heureux mélange de musique contemporaine, électroacoustique et improvisée à ESPACE CERCLE CARRÉ. Ces soirées réunissent des musiciens de divers horizons, médiums et esthétiques mais avec l’objectif commun de présenter du répertoire novateur et stimulant.
Co-directed by Gabriel Dharmoo and Solomiya Moroz, concert series Bruissements du Cercle proposes a mix of contemporary, electroacoustic and improvised music at Espace Cercle Carré. The concerts bring togethers musicians from diverse backgrounds, media and aesthetics with a common goal to present new and stimulating music.
This New Year!
Starting January 16 I will be in residency at the Banff Centre in the Canadian Rockies primarily focusing on composition as well as preparing for Cluster New Music and Integrated Arts Festival in Winnipeg March (8-10). I will spend seven weeks working in a beautiful and unique Leighton Artists Colony studio, this residency programme was made possible through CALQ Artists Studios programme in collaboration with the Banff Centre. I am also happy to announce that starting in April I will be working with Eva Furrer, the flautist of Klangforum Wien in Vienna, Austria. My lessons and stay in Vienna are supported through a development grant from Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec.
Performing at Open Sound in Boston Dec 17th, 2011 at 8 pm with Keith Kirchoff, toy piano and electronics
Going to Boston on December 12th to rehearse our new repertoire by Taylor Brook who had recently finished his piece for us, L'erotisme sacré as well as pieces by Jacob Sudol, Olga Neuwirth and Zosha di Castri all to be given Canadian premiers March 8-10, 2012 during Winnipeg's adventurous Cluster New Music and Integrated Arts Festival. Also putting together a fresh new programme of original works, improvisations and graphic scores for toy piano, flute/piccolo and electronics to be presented at the Open Sound series in Greater Boston on December 17th. Not to be missed if you are in the area!
THIS SUMMER
Just a little note to let you know of the events that marked this summer musically for me. It seems like New York was on my mind a lot! I spent 12 days in June playing in New York and collaborating with various great musicians. In particular: Dominic Lash, Valerie Kuehne, Karl Berger, David Grollman, and Lucio Menegon. I also had a pleasure of playing with the musicians of Yolt when they came through Montreal on their Eastern tour: Nathaniel Morgan, Weston Minissali and David Grollman. I had a great experience in collaborating with an old friend and great bandurist Julian Kytasty when I came back to New York at the end of August. Thus many exciting new musical meetings and performance took place and I am looking forward to posting some sound samples in due time and to future collaborations with these fine folks! (I do believe there is a cabaret-performance with some New York cats planned for October 24 at Casa del Popolo, so stay tuned!) Meanwhile, please enjoy the duo with Nathaniel Morgan recorded at l'envers!
BRUISSEMENTS DU CERCLE - 18 Juin 2011 à 20 hrs à Espace Cercle Carré
Un programme éclectique de musique contemporaine, électroacoustique et improvisée
18 juin 2011 / Espace Cercle Carré; événement facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198119200234322
Gabriel Dharmoo et Solomiya Moroz proposent un programme éclectique de musique contemporaine, électroacoustique et improvisée à l'Espace Cercle Carré. Ce projet pilote réunit des improvisateurs et musiciens interprétant l’oeuvre de compositeurs émergeant et établis. Prochainement, les co-directeurs envisagent une série de concerts où des musiciens de divers horizons, moyens d'expression, médiums et esthétiques pourront présenter du répertoire novateur et stimulant à l’Espace Cercle Carré.
Gabriel Dharmoo and Solomiya Moroz propose a programme of eclectic contemporary, electroacoustic and improvised music at Espace Cercle Carré. This pilot concert brings together musicians improvising or performing compositions by emerging and established composers. In the future, the co-directors envision a concert series where musicians from diverse backgrounds, means of expression, media and aesthetics can present new and challenging works at Espace Cercle Carré.
18 juin 2011 / Espace Cercle Carré; événement facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198119200234322
Gabriel Dharmoo et Solomiya Moroz proposent un programme éclectique de musique contemporaine, électroacoustique et improvisée à l'Espace Cercle Carré. Ce projet pilote réunit des improvisateurs et musiciens interprétant l’oeuvre de compositeurs émergeant et établis. Prochainement, les co-directeurs envisagent une série de concerts où des musiciens de divers horizons, moyens d'expression, médiums et esthétiques pourront présenter du répertoire novateur et stimulant à l’Espace Cercle Carré.
Gabriel Dharmoo and Solomiya Moroz propose a programme of eclectic contemporary, electroacoustic and improvised music at Espace Cercle Carré. This pilot concert brings together musicians improvising or performing compositions by emerging and established composers. In the future, the co-directors envision a concert series where musicians from diverse backgrounds, means of expression, media and aesthetics can present new and challenging works at Espace Cercle Carré.
Electric Noise is going to Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition, April 10-17 !
Our duo with electronics, Electric Noise (Keith Kirchoff, piano and Solomiya Moroz, flute), has been accepted to this year's Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in Amsterdam. We are performing very challenging and exciting repertoire featuring three newly composed works especially for the competition by Fran Cabeza de Vaca (Spain), Jacob Sudol (USA) and Juan Parra Cancino (Chile/Netherlands). We are also playing pieces by Beat Furrer, Olga Neuwirth and Louis Andriessen. We are getting ready to beatbox, piano pluck and ear shatter. That's right it should be a blast! Also looking forward to meeting many instrumentalist and hearing their programmes. See you in Amsterdam! For more info: http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/en/contemporary/projects/gaudeamus-interpreters-competition/competition-2011/
Graphic Music - multi-media performance at La Elastica, March 16, 2011, 8:30 PM
It will be a night of sonic and visual explorations with Burbuja
(NYC-Spain) set openning the night. I will be performing with
electronic music artist Juan Parra, Terri Hron (recorder + electronics),
Krista Martynes (clarinets) and Kathayoun Dibamehr (visuals). The night
will feature graphic score pieces by Juan Parra 'KVSwalk' and 'PLP_Montreal'
as well as other graphic score pieces performed by Terri Hron, myself
and Krista Martynes. For more info: http://laelastica.org/
Impuls Academy in Graz, Austria Feb 5-17, 2011
I am pretty excited to be going to Graz for workshops at the Impuls Academy! It will be refreshingly different and challenging to work alongside some of the most talented young contemporary performers and composers of Europe. I am also looking forward to lessons with Eva Furrer and Klangforum Ensemble as well as seminars with Beat Furrer. It will be great to perform Presto for him! There are also ensemble and solo pieces, i will be performing in La Nuit en Tete by Aperghis as well as solo piece by Anton Safronov. For more info: http://www.impuls.cc/en/events/2011.html
Paysages Éphémères - spectacle de danse, musique et multi-média
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Paysages éphémères
Lundi 6 et mardi 7 décembre 2010, 20h
Fonderie Darling
...745, rue Ottawa, Montréal
Billets à la porte et sur reservation en appalant 514-963-7374 : 15$ (régulier) - 12$ (artistes/travailleurs culturels, étudiants, aînés)
http://www.fonderiedarling.org/
Paysages éphémères est une performance, fruit d’une collaboration entre musiciens, danseurs et vidéastes. S’inspirant du livre d’Italo Calvino, Les villes invisibles, et plus précisément de cinq de ses villes, Valdrada, Eudoxia, Leonia, Melania et Olinda. Paysages éphémères en créé une nouvelle, celle-ci, bien qu’imaginaire, nous renvoie à notre propre ville.
Paysages éphémères est issue d’une collaboration entre Solomiya MOROZ (composition musicale et direction artistique), Julien-Robert LEGAULT SAVAIL (conception vidéo), Marc Genya ST-ARNAUD / Melina STINSON (chorégraphie et mise-en scène) et Maxime BOISVERT(photographie). Le spectacle, par la musique, la vidéo et la danse, fusionnera les 5 villes en une seule vision, laissant une grande place à l’improvisation.
Avec la participation de Adam Basanta – ordinateur (traitements en direct et électronique), Jonah Fortune – contrebasse, Adam Kinner - saxophone, Krista Martynes – clarinette basse, Solomiya Moroz – flûte, Tony Spina – percussion, Ingrid Wissink – violon ; et danseurs: Melusine de Maillé, Melina Stinson, Mellisha Dow et Miriah Brennan.
Le 6 et 7 décembre, ce collectif se produira à la Fonderie Darling, lieu idéal pour découvrir cette étonnante production multidisciplinaire.
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Paysages éphémères
Monday and Tuesday December 6 - 7 2010, 8 PM
Darling Foundry
745, Ottawa Street, Montréal
Tickets at the door and by reservation by calling 514-963-7374: 15$ (regular) - 12$ (artists/cultural workers, students and seigniors)
http://www.fonderiedarling.org/
2 SHOWS - DECEMBER 6 & 7 at 8 PM
Paysages éphémères is based on the book by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, and it is centered on five cities from the book: Valdrada, Eudoxia, Leonia, Melania and Olinda. The purpose of this collaboration between various musicians, dancers, and video/photo artists is to create an imaginary city inspired by five selected cities that could remind audiences of their own city.
Paysages Ephémères is collaboration between Solomiya MOROZ (direction and music composition), Julien-Robert LEGAULT SAVAIL (live video) and Marc Genya ST-ARNAUD/Melina STINSON (choreography) and Maxime BOISVERT (photography). The details and descriptions of five cities are meticulously interwoven into a multi-media and multi-disciplinary dance, music and video production with improvisations contributing to the interactivity of the performance.
With participation of Adam Basanta - computer (electronics), Jonah Fortune - bass, Adam Kinner - tenor saxophone, Krista Martynes - bass clarinet, Solomiya Moroz - flute, Tony Spina - drums, Ingrid Wissink - violin, and dancers: Melusine de Maille, Melina Stinson, Marc-Genya St.Arnaud, Mellisha Dow and Miriah Brennan.
On the 6th and 7th of December, the group will perform at the Darling Foundry, and this will be a perfect opportunity to experience their multi-media and multi-disciplinary production.
Paysages éphémères
Lundi 6 et mardi 7 décembre 2010, 20h
Fonderie Darling
...745, rue Ottawa, Montréal
Billets à la porte et sur reservation en appalant 514-963-7374 : 15$ (régulier) - 12$ (artistes/travailleurs culturels, étudiants, aînés)
http://www.fonderiedarling.org/
Paysages éphémères est une performance, fruit d’une collaboration entre musiciens, danseurs et vidéastes. S’inspirant du livre d’Italo Calvino, Les villes invisibles, et plus précisément de cinq de ses villes, Valdrada, Eudoxia, Leonia, Melania et Olinda. Paysages éphémères en créé une nouvelle, celle-ci, bien qu’imaginaire, nous renvoie à notre propre ville.
Paysages éphémères est issue d’une collaboration entre Solomiya MOROZ (composition musicale et direction artistique), Julien-Robert LEGAULT SAVAIL (conception vidéo), Marc Genya ST-ARNAUD / Melina STINSON (chorégraphie et mise-en scène) et Maxime BOISVERT(photographie). Le spectacle, par la musique, la vidéo et la danse, fusionnera les 5 villes en une seule vision, laissant une grande place à l’improvisation.
Avec la participation de Adam Basanta – ordinateur (traitements en direct et électronique), Jonah Fortune – contrebasse, Adam Kinner - saxophone, Krista Martynes – clarinette basse, Solomiya Moroz – flûte, Tony Spina – percussion, Ingrid Wissink – violon ; et danseurs: Melusine de Maillé, Melina Stinson, Mellisha Dow et Miriah Brennan.
Le 6 et 7 décembre, ce collectif se produira à la Fonderie Darling, lieu idéal pour découvrir cette étonnante production multidisciplinaire.
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Paysages éphémères
Monday and Tuesday December 6 - 7 2010, 8 PM
Darling Foundry
745, Ottawa Street, Montréal
Tickets at the door and by reservation by calling 514-963-7374: 15$ (regular) - 12$ (artists/cultural workers, students and seigniors)
http://www.fonderiedarling.org/
2 SHOWS - DECEMBER 6 & 7 at 8 PM
Paysages éphémères is based on the book by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, and it is centered on five cities from the book: Valdrada, Eudoxia, Leonia, Melania and Olinda. The purpose of this collaboration between various musicians, dancers, and video/photo artists is to create an imaginary city inspired by five selected cities that could remind audiences of their own city.
Paysages Ephémères is collaboration between Solomiya MOROZ (direction and music composition), Julien-Robert LEGAULT SAVAIL (live video) and Marc Genya ST-ARNAUD/Melina STINSON (choreography) and Maxime BOISVERT (photography). The details and descriptions of five cities are meticulously interwoven into a multi-media and multi-disciplinary dance, music and video production with improvisations contributing to the interactivity of the performance.
With participation of Adam Basanta - computer (electronics), Jonah Fortune - bass, Adam Kinner - tenor saxophone, Krista Martynes - bass clarinet, Solomiya Moroz - flute, Tony Spina - drums, Ingrid Wissink - violin, and dancers: Melusine de Maille, Melina Stinson, Marc-Genya St.Arnaud, Mellisha Dow and Miriah Brennan.
On the 6th and 7th of December, the group will perform at the Darling Foundry, and this will be a perfect opportunity to experience their multi-media and multi-disciplinary production.
PAYSAGES EPHÉMÈRES PROJECT KICKSTARTER FUNDRAISER LAUNCHED
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Journées de la Culture at Coop Cercle Carré, September 26, 2010
Performance-installation in the stairwell of Artist Coop Cercle Carré, 36 Queen Street, Montreal.
Performance entitled Dialogue was performed with cellist/composer Gabriel Dharmoo where I used live audio processing while playing the flute. Spacial circulation between floors was encoraged for the audience to gain a different perspective on the acoustics of the stairwell as well as musicians positioning was changed between performances (three presentations of 20 minutes). The event was well attended with other happenings at Espace Cercle Carré: vernisage, projections of short films, projections of members' auto-portraits.
Performance entitled Dialogue was performed with cellist/composer Gabriel Dharmoo where I used live audio processing while playing the flute. Spacial circulation between floors was encoraged for the audience to gain a different perspective on the acoustics of the stairwell as well as musicians positioning was changed between performances (three presentations of 20 minutes). The event was well attended with other happenings at Espace Cercle Carré: vernisage, projections of short films, projections of members' auto-portraits.
Art Omi Residency July 22-August 9, 2010
I have had the honor to be accepted to this year’s Music Omi International Musician Residency where I had the chance to collaborate with diverse high-caliber musicians and artists from around the world. It was a unique research and creation residency as the participants were called on to interact with other musicians/composers in order to create new works and performance projects. I collaborated with eleven other fellows from around the world including Austria, France, Iceland, India, Korea, Mexico, USA, and the UK.
Music Omi generously sponsored each fellow’s room and board during the stay at the residency near Hudson Valley, in Ghent, New York.
The residency culminated with a performance at the Art Omi, Ghent, New York campus on August 7, and in New York City at The Roulette venue on August 9.
Music Omi generously sponsored each fellow’s room and board during the stay at the residency near Hudson Valley, in Ghent, New York.
The residency culminated with a performance at the Art Omi, Ghent, New York campus on August 7, and in New York City at The Roulette venue on August 9.
