Spieszmy Się for soprano and pianoforte at the Reid Concert Hall with pianist Rafael Luszczewski and soprano Magdalena Durant

Pianist Rafael Luszczewski and soprano Magdalena Durant will perform the European Premiere of Yati Durant's Spieszmy Się on 15th November 2015 7pm at the Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG.

The work is a turbulent and expressive musical interpretation of Jan Twardowski's famous poem, in which one should never wait until it's too late to tell your loved one how you feel.  The composition was first premiered in 2007 at the Bechstein America Piano Centre in New York City. This will be the European Premiere.

Rafael Luszczewski will continue the concert with a recital featuring works by Paderewski, Chopin, de Falla and Gershwin.

Tickets are free but must be reserved at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/piano-recital-by-rafael-luszczewski-concert-tickets-19013791763

 

 

 

 

 

Hallowe'en event: Häxan in the Reid Concert Hall, 31st Oct. 10pm

Yati will be leading the improvising ensemble of the Edinburgh Film Music Orchestra to a new score performance of Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922), the epic Swedish silent film masterpiece that inspired the horror film generation.  The event is being held at the Reid Concert Hall on Hallowe'en night at 10pm and features an electro-acoustic score of 7 performers, lights and surprises.  Costumes are mandatory!  More information and tickets here:  http://www.mediascot.org/atmosphere/haxan

CD and DVD of Battleship Potemkin and Von Morgens bis Mitternachts available from Filmdienst/Normal Records

Highlights from Yati's silent films scores to Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925) and Karl Heinz Martin's Von Morgens bis Mitternachts are available from Filmdienst/Normal Records here.  The complete DVD of VMBM is available from Edition Filmmuseum here.  Both media are high quality premiere recordings and contain booklets about the films and score composition!  The discs are also available at the usual online distribution sources, including Amazon here.

Screening of Tripoli and Watersnood in Noord Holland at Sanctuary Lab 2015

Two of Yati's recent experimental film scores to films from the EYEFILM/Jean Desmet Collection, Tripoli and Watersnood in Noord Holland are being screened as part of the "Mirror Screen" programme at Sanctuary Lab 2015.  The experimental art festival takes place in Galloway Forest in southwest Scotland and features artists, musicians and film makers from throughout the UK.  More information here:  http://sanctuary2015.org

Tripoli and Watersnood in Noord Holland contain experimental film scores that are composed using sonic manipulations of recorded material together with electronic textures.  The films are provided courtesy of EYEFILM Amsterdam.