Yakantalisa (2024)

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Instrumentation: voice and electronics

Duration: 43 minutes

Text: Hezy Leskly

World Premiere: December 8, 2024, New Ear spatial sound series at Fridman Gallery
Guy Barash, electronics; Chanan Ben Simon, voice

Composer Note:
Yakantalisa for voice and 8-speaker installation co-composed and performed by Chanan Ben Simon (extended voice) and Guy Barash (electronics) is based on sensual, picturesque poems by Israeli poet Hezy Leskly (1952-1994). Throughout the work Chanan fragments and reassembles the text into extended vocal material while Guy in his real-time electronic treatment of pre-recorded vocal materials exposes the underlying sonic nuances, making them linger in space.