Danya Pilchen
Composer, pianist, music researcher.
Danya’s music is closely intertwined with his research into collective experiences of time in musical practices. Understanding time as an emerging property of consciousness affected by social interactions results in increased attention to the relationships between musicians and audiences in his pieces. To facilitate these interactions, he employs various compositional strategies and listening techniques engaging the materiality of sound.
Experience
Selected commissions
- Paper Braids, commissioned by the Orgelpark, 2024, Amsterdam
- Three Silos, commissioned by Bučení 7 festival, 2024, Lubná, Czech Republic
- Songs of Song of Songs, commissioned by the Klangraum ‘day by day’ festival, 2024, Düsseldorf
- EVIL GAZE, commissioned by Studio LOOS, 2023, The Hague
- Two Songs. Kali, commissioned by Robert Schumann Conservatory for Lichtbogen festival, 2022, Düsseldorf
- Three Songs. Kali, commissioned by Kali Ensemble, 2021, The Hague
- For Two Soloists and Ensemble, commissioned by the Klangraum ‘day by day’ festival, 2021, Düsseldorf
- Up to Eleven Songs, commissioned by Aksenov Family Foundation for Russian Music 2.0, 2020, Moscow
- Bikes and Harmonicas, commissioned by Kirkos ensemble for the Biosphere festival, 2020, Dublin
- For One, commissioned by Post-Paradise #20, experimental music concert series, 2020, The Hague/online
- This Child, music for a play by Joël Pommerat. Premiered in 2018 at the School of Contemporary Drama, Moscow. Directed by Marat Gatsalov.
- When, commissioned by Contrasts, festival for new music in Lviv, 2015
Releases
- Two Songs. Anne, Germaine, Koen, Seamus, Danya on Edition Wandelweiser Records (2023)
Residencies, workshops, and festivals
- Ample Space Between – interdisciplinary project and residency at Trixie The Hague, combining a sound installation and series of performances – composer, 2024, The Hague
- Making Time Together – practice-led research project and residency in collaboration with Kali Ensemble and Studio LOOS – composer and researcher, 2023, The Hague
- Lichtbogen – composer, 2022, Düsseldorf
- Kali Ensemble residency at Studio LOOS – composer, 2021, The Hague
- Cellar Door series of music situations – composer, 2021, London
- Klangraum ‘day by day’ – composer and performer, 2021, Düsseldorf
- Biosphere festival of outdoor encounters – composer, 2020, Dublin
- Raflost Icelandic Festival of Electronic Arts – composer, 2020, Reykjavik
- Spring Festival Online – organiser and composer, 2020, The Hague
- Transformation of the Audible symposium – composer, 2019, The Hague
- International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky City – student, 2017. Teachers: Yannis Kyriakides, Jérôme Combier, and Elzbieta Sikora.
- Contrasts, festival for new music – composer and performer, 2015, Lviv
- Course International Master Classes for New Music in Kyiv – student, 2015. Teachers: Clemens Gadenstätter and Caspar Johannes Walter.
- Translation Difficulties, a festival for new music – composer, 2014, Moscow
Scholarships and prizes
- Research grant from the Makersregeling Arts and Culture Council of the City of The Hague (2023)
- Russian Music 2.0 prize awarded by Aksenov Family Foundation (2020)
- Excellence Scholarship (2019)
- Holland Scholarship (2018)
Education
Post-Master’s
- Sonology Course at Royal Conservatoire The Hague, The Netherlands, 2021–2023.
Master’s degree
- Royal Conservatoire The Hague, The Netherlands, 2020.
Main subject teachers: Yannis Kyriakides and Jan van de Putte.
Research supervisors: Samuel Vriezen and Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec.
Bachelor’s degree
- Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, 2018.
Main subject teacher: Yuri Kasparov.
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