Danya Pilchen Albumpresentatie

Two Songs. Anne, Germaine, Seamus, Koen, Danya is part of a series of pieces under the name of Songs Danya has been working on for the past few years. In the series, he explores the possibilities of making and experiencing time through attentive listening and the interaction of musicians.

In this piece, the musicians focus on creating a dialogue between two measures of time, both built around the materiality of making a sound. In the first song, the temporal organisation grows out of the durations of decaying sounds of the piano and double bass. In the second, the wind players’ breathing becomes the larger-scale measure of time, coming into a dialogue with the decaying sounds.

They learn to share one breath between the ensemble and use the resonance of their instruments to amplify each other’s sounds. Listening to the room’s resonance also plays a role in the piece’s unfolding. The artistry and personalities of participating musicians directly shape the way the piece sounds.

Carmen Terol Grau (flute)
Germaine Sijstermans (clarinet)
Seamus Cater (harmonica)
Koen Nutters (double bass)
Danya Pilchen (piano)

Danya Pilchen’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 necessitates 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.