25th May Moderation of the European Film Music Day 2021 panel "Composing for Video Games - The Creative Process"

Yati will be moderating the online professional panel event “Composing for Video Games - The Creative Process” as part of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance’s (ECSA) European Film Music Day (EFMD) on 25th May 2021 at 5:00PM (CEST).

Moderated by Yati Durant, this panel discussion will feature composers: Nainita Desai (UK), Bobby Tahouri (US), Joris de Man (The Netherlands) and Patrik Andrén (Sweden).

The panellists will give the viewers insight into scoring gaming soundtracks and the challenges and opportunities that come in the video games realm. They will also discuss how music in video gaming has come a long way and will elaborate on their music creating process and the differences between scoring for film/TV and video games.

More info about the speakers and link to register here.

Successful EU/Goethe Haus i-Portunus funding for Saundaryalahari tour in summer/fall 2021!

Yati has successfully received funding from the EU/Goethe Haus I-Portunus musicians travel funding grant to work with ensemble Maskfest in Italy! The tours will begin in summer/autumn 2021 and/or as soon - hopefully - as the Covid situation improves in Europe and hopefully take place in Venice, Florence, Bologna and other places in Italy. Very kind thanks to this excellent funding scheme and its partners!

Yati will moderate the Sound Art panel: Seeing the Sound: The Visual Manifestation of Music on Thursday, 6th May 2021

As part of AvidOnline Learning (Mumbai), Yati will moderate the Sound Art panel talking about visual music together with Prof. Joseph Hyde (Bath-Spa University), Dr. Eleni-Ira Panourgia (Université Gustave Eiffel) and Yashas Shetty (Srishti School of Design):

Seeing the Sound: The Visual Manifestation of Music on Thursday, 6th May 2021 @ 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (IST) - this is 1:30pm UK time!

The event is free and open to the public (takes place online) and should be an interesting discussion on the fields of linear music and sound relationships to image/object/etc. and art!

Registration for the event can be made here: https://www.avidlearning.in/programmes/2021/live-seeing-the-sound-the-visual-manifestation-of-music/

Awards season 2021: Oticons Faculty Competition announces their winners

Oticons Faculty Film Music Competition have announced their winners for 2021:

https://faculty.oticons.com

As Administrator of the Jury and jury member since 2017, it is a pleasure each year to witness the new and rising film music composition talent that comes through this competition! This year, the winners were quite clear and showed real professional promise. It is a statement to the resiliency of music that the quality of musical ideas remain high, even as many creatives are fatigued with all the changes and cancellations in the industry. Here’s to the new talent!