Yati is currently scoring the documentary film "Journey to the Self" directed by Fehmi Gerceker for production in 2018. The film, a feature-length exposé into the life of environmental activist June Haimoff, will feature music Yati is composing utilising electronic and acoustic environments that reminisce through June's life as well as illustrate developments and drama of the times surrounding her. It should be interesting! Some information about the film is found here.
Disklavier research for Saundaryalahari 2 at HKU Utrecht
Yati has recently returned from several days of research into his next composition for Disklavier and electronics entitled Saundaryalahari 2. The work is inspired by the evolution of Saundaryalahari 1, which was premiered in Edinburgh in June 2017 and also by the collections of late player-piano collector and contemporary music advocate Jürgen Hocker with whom Yati has had contact as a student during his time in Cologne. The new work is expected to be finished some time in early 2018 and will be performed in Edinburgh, with subsequent performances also in Utrecht and elsewhere.
Moderation of the European Talent Award and EEAMS at Soundtrack Cologne 14
As in previous years, Yati will moderate and head the jury of the European Talent Award for film score and sound design at Soundtrack Cologne 14 on Saturday, 26th August in Cologne, Germany. This award, now in its 14th year, has become one of the most prestigious compositional awards in Europe focussing on film scoring and sound design. The Jury-members are composer Claudius Brüse, sound designer Jef van Even, representing Chaussee SoundVision, music supervisor Robert Kraft, orchestra manager Corinna Rottschy as representative of the WDR Funkhausorchester and producer and CEO of Kontrastfilm Tidi von Tidemann.
Additionally, Yati will also head the EEAMS (European Education Alliance for Music and Sound in media) on Thursday, 24th August. This initiative is designed to share research, discuss pedagogic resources and issues and disseminate new ideas in teaching film music and sound design and it is by invitation only for colleagues in the HE field, professionals and their students.
More information on Soundtrack Cologne 14 can be found here.
Yati will be guest lecturing at Peking University, China on 13th - 14th July
Yati will be lecturing composition and music students on improvisation, composition and film composition from 13th - 14th July 2017 as part of a lecturing exchange between Peking University, China and The University of Edinburgh, UK. He will be hosted by Dr. Minghui Bi, Director and Conductor of the Chinese Music Institute Orchestra and the faculty of Peking University.