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Paper Braids (fragment)info
Paper Braids came out of a long collaboration between me and the wonderful musicians of the Kali Ensemble. Through a series of workshops, residencies, and performances over the course of four years, we built up a collective practice focused on three topics: listening as the basis of musical interaction, awareness of how sound interacts with the performance space, and using that spatial awareness as a basis for both the duration of individual sounds and the temporal unfolding of an entire piece. All three focal points of our practice are represented in this piece. Paper Braids is tailored specifically to the acoustics of the Orgelpark hall and the tuning and timbral specificities of the four organs I used: Utopa and Sauer controlled algorithmically via the Hyperorgan console, the romantic Verschueren, and the meantone Van Straten organ. At the same time, the speakers and microphones are placed at four different spots in the hall to induce acoustic feedback in response to the organ sound. The idea of feedback is a core structural principle of the piece: not only is acoustic feedback responding to the sounds of the organs, but so is the listening of the musicians to the sound in space is guiding their performance: their scores look like ‘maps’ of the sounds in space, and they orient and build their own trajectories based on the sounds they hear. Simultaneously, the algorithm controlling the Hyperorgan reacts to certain sounds as they occur in the space, triggering different events on the organs in turn.
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Uitgevoerd in WORM Rotterdam in 2025.
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd op Flipchart: Looking with ears in iii op 29.11.2025. Fotografeerd door Pieter Kers | Beeld.nu
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd op Flipchart: Looking with ears in iii op 29.11.2025. Fotografeerd door Pieter Kers | Beeld.nu
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd op Flipchart: Looking with ears in iii op 29.11.2025. Fotografeerd door Pieter Kers | Beeld.nu
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd op Flipchart: Looking with ears in iii op 29.11.2025. Gefotografeerd door Pieter Kers | Beeld.nu
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd in WORM Rotterdam in 2025. Gefotografeerd door Marta Morosi
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd in WORM Rotterdam in 2025. Gefotografeerd door Marta Morosi
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd in WORM Rotterdam in 2025. Gefotografeerd door Marta Morosi
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Ample Space Betweeninfo
Ample Space Between is an interdisciplinary work that blends sound installation with live performance. The installation features eight resonant objects designed to interact with their surroundings, creating hybrid acoustic spaces. The installation is complemented by two pieces for clarinet and double bass with live electronics, performed by Alejandra Bejarano (double bass), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), and Gregor Connelly (electronics), in which the musicians are interacting with the objects of installation in real time. Ample Space Between is a captivating exploration of time, space, and sound, where the boundaries between performers, audience, and environment are blurred.
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Moving into the Ample Space Betweeninfo
for clarinet and live electronics part of the multidisciplinary work Ample Space Between, combining a sound installation and a series of performances, created by Danya Pilchen performed by Giuseppe Sapienza, clarinet Gregor Connelly, electronics
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Ample Space Between is an interdisciplinary work that blends sound installation with live performance. The installation features eight resonant objects designed to interact with their surroundings, creating hybrid acoustic spaces. The installation is complemented by two pieces for clarinet and double bass with live electronics, performed by Alejandra Bejarano (double bass), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), and Gregor Connelly (electronics), in which the musicians are interacting with the objects of installation in real time. Ample Space Between is a captivating exploration of time, space, and sound, where the boundaries between performers, audience, and environment are blurred.
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Geluidsinstallatie gecreërd voor het Bučeni 7 festival in Lubná, Tsjechië. 2024
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd in Trixie Den Haag in 2024. Fotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd in Trixie Den Haag in 2024. Fotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd in Trixie Den Haag in 2024. Fotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Ample Space Between]( "Ample Space Between")
infoGepresenteerd in Trixie Den Haag in 2024. Fotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd op het Klangraum 'day by day'-festival in Düsseldorf, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd op het Klangraum 'day by day'-festival in Düsseldorf, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd op het Klangraum 'day by day'-festival in Düsseldorf, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd op het Klangraum 'day by day'-festival in Düsseldorf, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd op het Klangraum 'day by day'-festival in Düsseldorf, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd op het Klangraum 'day by day'-festival in Düsseldorf, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd op het Klangraum 'day by day'-festival in Düsseldorf, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd in Klang im Dach in München, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd in Klang im Dach in München, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd in Klang im Dach in München, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Songs of Song of Songs]( "Songs of Song of Songs")
infoGepresenteerd in Klang im Dach in München, Duitsland, in 2024. Gefotografeerd door Yinquan Chen
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![Three Silos]( "Three Silos")
infoGeluidsinstallatie gecreërd voor het Bučeni 7 festival in Lubná, Tsjechië. 2024
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![Three Silos]( "Three Silos")
infoGeluidsinstallatie gecreërd voor het Bučeni 7 festival in Lubná, Tsjechië. 2024
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![Three Silos]( "Three Silos")
infoGeluidsinstallatie gecreërd voor het Bučeni 7 festival in Lubná, Tsjechië. 2024
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Curriculum vitae
Opleidingen
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2021 - 2022Sonologie Den Haag, Koninklijk Conservatorium Diploma behaald
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2019 - 2019Compositie International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky City
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2018 - 2020Master Muziek Den Haag, Koninklijk Conservatorium Diploma behaald
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2018 - 2020
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2017 - 2017Compositie International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky City
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2016 - 2016Compositie Open Space, creative laboratory for composers
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2015 - 2015Compositie International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky City
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2015 - 2015Compositie Course. International Master Classes for New Music in Kyiv
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2013 - 2018Compositie Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory Diploma behaald
tentoonstellingen
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2025Ample Space Between WORM Rotterdam, Nederland This March in the S/ash Gallery at WORM, we welcome the Rotterdam premiere of the "Ample Space Between" by Danya Pilchen (UA). Danya Pilchen is a composer based in The Hague and a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. He explores the human experience of time through sound and his work delves into the idea of ‘collective experiences’ of time , challenging the individuality of our perception and creating shared, immersive moments. ‘Ample Space Between’ is a site-specific sound installation that shapes and is shaped by the acoustics of the room where it is placed. It focuses on the connection between the aural experience of space and time by creating a ‘boundary’ or ‘hybrid’ space – a specific kind of acoustic space created by mixing the acoustics of several spaces. Created in collaboration with Gregor Connelly (creative audio technology, live electronics), Dennis Slootweg (metal stands), and Nirantar Yakthumba (coding), the installation features eight resonant objects designed to interact with their surroundings. In preparation for the exhibition, the artist spent time measuring and analysing the acoustics of the S/ash Gallery to determine the best placement for each object and what sonic presence each of them could have in the room. All the sounds of the installation are based on the acoustic feedback generated in real time. The resonances that the visitors will hear are thus unique and specific to the space they are in. On March 14th , Danya Pilchen and Gregor Connelly will present a live performance in which they will interact with the objects of the installation in real time. Here you are invited to reflect on the nature of time and our collective relationship to it through the fusion of sound, technology, and space. The exhibition opens its doors March 12th-15th between 16:00-19:00. On March 14th , the sound performance will take place at 19:00-19:30. Ample Space Between was created with the generous support of Trixie Den Haag and Makersregeling Gemeente Den Haag. worm.org/production/ample-space-between-sonic-installation/ Solo
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2025Flipchart: Looking with ears iii Den Haag, Nederland Flipchart stages artworks at the most exciting moment, before works are finished and presented at larger venues. Come with a sharp eye, careful ears and expect the unexpected! This Flipchart brings you the exciting extremes of the ‘Photosynthesizer’, a musical instrument that generates sound from the electrical output of cyanobacteria during photosynthesis (Lena Kuzmich), a heart-warming, multirhythmic auditory tactile installation (Anaïs Lossouarn), and an installation focusing on the connection between the aural experience of space and time by creating a ‘boundary’ or ‘hybrid’ space (Danya Pilchen). instrumentinventors.org/agenda/flipchart-looking-with-ears/ Groep
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2024Ample Space Between Trixie Den Haag, Nederland For this exhibition, I created an interdisciplinary work that blends sound installation with live performance. The installation, created in collaboration with Gregor Connelly (audio technology, live electronics), Dennis Slootweg (metal stands), and Nirantar Yakthumba(coding), features eight resonant objects designed to interact with their surroundings, creating hybrid acoustic spaces. These objects will be brought to life through performances by the Kali Ensemble, with musicians Alejandra Bejarano (double bass), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), and Gregor Connelly (electronics) engaging with the installation. Expect a captivating exploration of time, space, and sound, where the boundaries between performers, audience, and environment are blurred. www.trixiethehague.nl/events/ample-space-between-danya-pilchen/ Solo
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2024Songs of Song of Songs Klang im Dach München, Duitsland Songs of Songs is an installation and participatory performance. The composer and pianist Danya Pilchen, who is originally from Odessa and has lived in The Hague for many years, compiles a personal collection of erotic poems from Sappho to Nizar Qabbani and other contemporary authors, all of which revolve around Shir HaShirim (the Holy Song). Visitors are invited to experience his exhibition of poems and create their own shape by letting their "handwriting" relate to his. The fragments of his reading diary scattered around the room serve to inspire visitors to find their own way of reading, writing and interpreting these texts and to create thematic connections between the poems. www.facebook.com/christoph.nicolaus/posts/pfbid07F6vNnepJCoNoLeULrNqCN7kWaCUuC83BookG9BqrKtrLr5phSPpP1FyxCUH9n8pl Solo
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2024
Paper Braids Het Orgelpark Amsterdam, Nederland danya.land/paper-braids-2024/ Paper Braids came out of a long collaboration between me and the wonderful musicians of the Kali Ensemble. Through a series of workshops, residencies, and performances over the course of four years, we built up a collective practice focused on three topics: listening as the basis of musical interaction, awareness of how sound interacts with the performance space, and using that spatial awareness as a basis for both the duration of individual sounds and the temporal unfolding of an entire piece. All three focal points of our practice are represented in this piece. Paper Braids is tailored specifically to the acoustics of the Orgelpark hall and the tuning and timbral specificities of the four organs I used: Utopa and Sauer controlled algorithmically via the Hyperorgan console, the romantic Verschueren, and the meantone Van Straten organ. At the same time, the speakers and microphones are placed at four different spots in the hall to induce acoustic feedback in response to the organ sound. The idea of feedback is a core structural principle of the piece: not only is acoustic feedback responding to the sounds of the organs, but so is the listening of the musicians to the sound in space is guiding their performance: their scores look like ‘maps’ of the sounds in space, and they orient and build their own trajectories based on the sounds they hear. Simultaneously, the algorithm controlling the Hyperorgan reacts to certain sounds as they occur in the space, triggering different events on the organs in turn.
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Ample Space Between Trixie Gallery Den Haag, Nederland www.trixiethehague.nl/events/ample-space-between-danya-pilchen/ Join us at Trixie as we come together after the summer break to open the autumn season with Ample Space Between, a captivating sound installation and performance series by our summer residency artist, Danya Pilchen. Danya, a composer based in The Hague and a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, explores the human experience of time through sound. His work delves into the idea of ‘collective experiences’ of time, challenging the individuality of our perception and creating shared, immersive moments. During his residency at Trixie, Danya created an interdisciplinary work that blends sound installation with live performance. The installation, created in collaboration with Gregor Connelly (audio technology, live electronics), Dennis Slootweg (metal stands), and Nirantar Yakthumba (coding), features eight resonant objects designed to interact with their surroundings, creating hybrid acoustic spaces. These objects will be brought to life through performances by the Kali Ensemble, with musicians Alejandra Bejarano (double bass), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), and Gregor Connelly (electronics) engaging with the installation. Expect a captivating exploration of time, space, and sound, where the boundaries between performers, audience, and environment are blurred.
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Songs of Song of Songs Klang im Dach München, Duitsland www.facebook.com/christoph.nicolaus/posts/pfbid07F6vNnepJCoNoLeULrNqCN7kWaCUuC83BookG9BqrKtrLr5phSPpP1FyxCUH9n8pl Songs of Songs is an installation and participatory performance. The composer and pianist Danya Pilchen, who is originally from Odessa and has lived in The Hague for many years, compiles a personal collection of erotic poems from Sappho to Nizar Qabbani and other contemporary authors, all of which revolve around Shir HaShirim (the Holy Song). Visitors are invited to experience his exhibition of poems and create their own shape by letting their "handwriting" relate to his. The fragments of his reading diary scattered around the room serve to inspire visitors to find their own way of reading, writing and interpreting these texts and to create thematic connections between the poems.
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Internationale uitwisselingen / Artist-in-residencies
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2024Přespolní Lubná, Tsjechië Residency at Přespolní. Lubná, Czech Republic. www.prespolni.org/filter/buceni-7
opdrachten
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2026New work (untitled yet) Het Orgelpark Amsterdam, Nederland Opdracht voor een nieuw werk voor zangstem, vier orgels en elektronica, dat op 27 september in première gaat in het Orgelpark. orgelpark.nl
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2024Paper Braids Het Orgelpark Amsterdam, Nederland Paper Braids came out of a long collaboration between me and the wonderful musicians of the Kali Ensemble. Through a series of workshops, residencies, and performances over the course of four years, we built up a collective practice focused on three topics: listening as the basis of musical interaction, awareness of how sound interacts with the performance space, and using that spatial awareness as a basis for both the duration of individual sounds and the temporal unfolding of an entire piece. All three focal points of our practice are represented in this piece. Paper Braids is tailored specifically to the acoustics of the Orgelpark hall and the tuning and timbral specificities of the four organs I used: Utopa and Sauer controlled algorithmically via the Hyperorgan console, the romantic Verschueren, and the meantone Van Straten organ. At the same time, the speakers and microphones are placed at four different spots in the hall to induce acoustic feedback in response to the organ sound. The idea of feedback is a core structural principle of the piece: not only is acoustic feedback responding to the sounds of the organs, but so is the listening of the musicians to the sound in space is guiding their performance: their scores look like ‘maps’ of the sounds in space, and they orient and build their own trajectories based on the sounds they hear. Simultaneously, the algorithm controlling the Hyperorgan reacts to certain sounds as they occur in the space, triggering different events on the organs in turn. danya.land/paper-braids-2024/ Uitgevoerd
publicaties
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2026Paper Braids Cd/Dvd Moving Furniture Records Danya Pilchen Amsterdam, Nederland contemporaryseries.bandcamp.com/album/paper-braids Paper Braids came out of a long collaboration between me and the wonderful musicians of the Kali Ensemble. Through a series of workshops, residencies, and performances over the course of four years, we built up a collective practice focused on three topics: listening as the basis of musical interaction, awareness of how sound interacts with the performance space, and using that spatial awareness as a basis for both the duration of individual sounds and the temporal unfolding of an entire piece. All three focal points of our practice are represented in this piece. Paper Braids is tailored specifically to the acoustics of the Orgelpark hall and the tuning and timbral specificities of the four organs I used: Utopa and Sauer controlled algorithmically via the Hyperorgan console, the romantic Verschueren, and the meantone Van Straten organ. At the same time, the speakers and microphones are placed at four different spots in the hall to induce acoustic feedback in response to the organ sound. The idea of feedback is a core structural principle of the piece: not only is acoustic feedback responding to the sounds of the organs, but so is the listening of the musicians to the sound in space is guiding their performance: their scores look like ‘maps’ of the sounds in space, and they orient and build their own trajectories based on the sounds they hear. Simultaneously, the algorithm controlling the Hyperorgan reacts to certain sounds as they occur in the space, triggering different events on the organs in turn.
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2023two songs. anne, germaine, koen, seamus, danya Cd/Dvd Wandelweiser Records Danya Pilchen Düsseldorf, Duitsland www.wandelweiser.de/_e-w-records/_ewr-catalogue/ewr2303.html two songs. anne, germaine, seamus, koen, danya is part of a series of pieces under the name of songs i have been working on for the past few years. in the series, i explore the possibilities of making and experiencing time through attentive listening and the interaction of musicians in this piece, i focused on creating a dialogue between two measures of time, both built around the materiality of making a sound. in the first song, the temporal organisation grows out of the durations of decaying sounds of the piano and double bass. in the second, the wind players’ breathing becomes the larger-scale measure of time, coming into a dialogue with the decaying sounds we learned to share one breath between the ensemble and use the resonance of our instruments to amplify each other’s sounds. listening to the room’s resonance also played a role in the piece’s unfolding. i composed this piece in close collaboration with the participating musicians: anne, germaine, seamus, and koen. their artistry and personalities shaped the way the piece sounds
Recensies
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2026Een Os op het Dak Radio Thea Derks Amsterdam, Nederland www.concertzender.nl/programma/een_os_op_het_dak_872750/ Een os op het dak 83: De os in tijden van oorlog # 46. Een introductie van eigentijdse muziek in gewonemensentaal. Werken van Danya Pilchen, Ivan Vukosavljevic & Grace Williams
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2026Review: Danya Pilchen Two Songs. Anne, Germaine, Koen, Seamus, Danya (Edition Wandelweiser Records) Magazine Brian Olewnick Wilmington, NC, Verenigde Staten www.squidco.com/cgi-bin/news/newsView.cgi?newsID=2818
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2026Review:Danya Pilchen & Kali Ensemble :: Paper Braids (Moving Furniture) Magazine Philippe Blache Corona, CA, Verenigde Staten igloomag.com/reviews/danya-pilchen-kali-ensemble-paper-braids-moving-furniture A slow-burning meditation on the inner life of sound, Paper Braids unfolds as a meticulous exploration of space, microtonal nuance, and the fragile poetry of sustained tone.
Prijzen en stipendia
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2024Ample Space Between Makersregeling Den Haag, Nederland Dit project richt zich op een artistieke residentie die ik zal hebben bij de artist-run space Trixie Den Haag. Tijdens de residentie krijg ik coaching van de Trixie kunstenaars die zullen me helpen bij ontwikkelen een interdisciplinair werk dat een experimentele geluidsinstallatie en compositie combineert. Ik zal ook intensief samenwerken met de muzikanten van het Haagse Kali Ensemble aan composities voor contrabas, clarinet en electronica. De residentie culmineert in een installatie bestaande uit acht resonerende objecten, die zal gedurende drie weken te zien zijn bij Trixie Den Haag. Twee composities voor contrabas, klarinet en elektronica zullen vier keer tijdens de tentoonstelling worden uitgevoerd, waarbij de instrumentalisten interacteren met de objecten van de installatie. Dit project is een deel van de onderzoek die ik vorig jaar heb begonnen naar de rol van tijd in de resonanties tussen verschillende ruimtes en de manieren waarop luisteraars deze ervaren. Ik ontwikkelde dit aspect van mijn praktijk tijdens een artistiek onderzoeks-residentie bij Studio LOOS. In de stukken die uit de residentie voortkwamen, nodigde ik de luisteraars uit om een intuïtie te ontwikkelen voor de akoestische interacties tussen verschillende ruimtes in samenhang met hoe dit hun ervaring van tijd beïnvloedt. In deze werken introduceerde ik voor het eerst resonerende glazen vazen in mijn praktijk, waarbij ik ze gebruikte als ‘ruimtes binnen de ruimte’ met drastisch verschillende akoestische kwaliteiten, om de aandacht te vestigen op de resonanties in de grenzen daartussen. Daarna benaderde ik Trixie Den Haag om verder te werken met de resonerende objecten vanwege hun expertise op het gebied van experimentele kunst en geluidsinstallaties. We spraken af om een project te organiseren waarin ik kan experimenteren met de combinatie van geluidsinstallatie en compositie. Voor dat werk werk ik samen met muzikanten van het Haagse Kali Ensemble: Alejandra Bejarano (contrabas), Giuseppe Sapienza (klarinet) en Gregor Connelly (elektronica en geluidstechniek).
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2023Tijd vertellen met je oren. Het organiseren van ensembleworkshops gericht op luisteren en tijdsbeleving Makersregeling Den Haag, Nederland Dit project draait om het intensieve samenwerken met het Kali Ensemble aan een reeks stukken die in twee concerten worden gepresenteerd. Twee intensieve workshops met het ensemble, afgewisseld met periodes van onderzoek en reflectie, zullen mij in staat stellen innovatieve benaderingen van het luisteren te ontwikkelen en hun potentieel om de tijdsbeleving van luisteraars te beïnvloeden te onderzoeken. Ik zal onderzoeken hoe de luisterervaringen van zowel de musici als het publiek mijn verdere onderzoek naar hoe we denken en voelen over tijd in muziek kunnen ondersteunen. Ik zal nauw samenwerken met Studio Loos, die mij de ruimte voor mijn experimenten en concerten en de nodige apparatuur ter beschikking zal stellen.
artistieke nevenactiviteiten
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2021 - 2021Project manager at Values for Survival, an opening concert for the Architecture pavillion at the Venice Biennale 2021