Yati invited to Introductory talk for Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne premiere of "Metropolis Rebooted" by Martin Matalon 16th February 2022

Yati has been invited to talk at public event at the Cologne Film Forum NRW in Museum Ludwig (next to the Philharmonie) at 6:30pm on Wednesday 16th February 2022 together with composer Martin Matalon and Gürzenich Orchestra programme director Patrick Hahn.

The discussion will focus on Metropolis and creation of Matalon’s new score! More information about this event here: https://www.lifepr.de/inaktiv/guerzenich-orchester-koeln/das-guerzenich-orchester-unter-der-leitung-von-francois-xavier-roth-spielt-live-zu-fritz-langs-metropolis-die-urauffuehrung-metropolis-rebooted-von-martin-matalon-16-17-februar-philharmonie-koeln/boxid/883708

AcadeMeet @Soundtrack Cologne 18th - 19th November 2021

Soundtrack Cologne is holding their annual AcadeMeet (formerly EEAMS) in-person meeting at the Soundtrack Cologne Conference on Thursday 18th November 2021 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm Germany time. The meeting takes place, as in previous years, at the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Apostelnkloster 13-15, 50672 Köln.

Yati will be hosting this meeting in-person, so please contact me as soon as possible if you would like to present your institution at this meeting, or if you would like to present research or student research. Please tell your students to come as student representatives and enjoy the conference too! This meeting is open to all Soundtrack Cologne participants and IMMSANE members with accreditation to STC.

We will also be going out to lunch together after the meeting and hope you will join us!

Furthermore, we will be hosting an Online AcadeMeet/IMMSANE meeting on Friday 19th November 14:00pm - 15:30pm Germany time via Zoom for colleagues who can not make the Thursday morning session or are unable to travel. This meeting will be co-hosted by IMMSANE Europe Directors André Belmont and Rens Michielse as well as myself, and is open to Soundtrack Cologne students and academics upon request and all IMMSANE members.

IMMSANE network General Meeting at the Soundtrack Zurich/Zurich Film Festival 1st October 2021

The International Media Music and Sound Arts Network in Education will hold its annual General Meeting during Soundtrack Zurich/Zurich Film Festival on 1st October 2pm - 5pm at the Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, Switzerland. Yati will direct the International component of the meeting as the General Director of IMMSANE since 2019. For more information about IMMSANE please click here.

The meeting in by invitation only for IMMSANE members and Soundtrack Zurich guests and requires a sign up link which is found here.

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.