(for) semaison

a cycle of short pieces for piano/keyboard — 40'00" [in-progress] — 2025

(for) semaison is a cycle pieces inspired by the istikhbar(or stikhbar), the introductory section of Algerian nūbat, and written for (retuned or in equally tempered) piano and/or microtonal keyboard. composing the pieces will unfold from now until early 2025, where i intend to play the pieces, solo and with others

you may already find a short essay i wrote related to this new cycle of pieces and one of its sources of inspiration: Mustapha Skandrani. please follow this link.

ps: "semaison" describes the natural dispersion of a plant's seeds in French. as its double-entendre title suggests, the project (for) semaison is as much of an attempt to, through music, find one's 'home' ("sa-maison") as a furthering dispersion

Composing the cycle of piece is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Fonds Podiumkunsten.

2025

a cycle of short pieces for piano/keyboard — 40'00" [in-progress]

2024

a piece for vl, vc, fl, cl, harm, pn, and/or computer — 30'00"

recording for siblings

for pf solo, gtr solo, pf & 2 gtrs, and 2 gtrs — ± 60'00"

Für Simon-Jonassohn Stein for Orgelpark

for two programmable organs — 5'00"

(± one year of assisting other composers)

2023

for siblings (tempered)

for pf and/or gtr(s) — between 8'00-60'00"

for experiencers (modelo62)

for 2 gtr, vln, vc, cb, fl, cl, trp, pf, harm, perc and computer — ± 30'00"

untitled electronic studies

variable combination — 30'00"

until counterfeiting

a talk & a text

approximation pieces

a talk comparing pieces based on 'approximation' & maths

music & the wende, now

a collective endeavor in Latvia

2022

for experiencers

for harp, gtr, cl, vl, tbn, 2 fl, sax, acc, perc, and electronics — ± 18'30"

for blandine & maciej

for harpsichord & computer, 17'00"

reconstruction of J. Tenney's Arbor Vitae for sine tones

a programming endeavor —13'00"

an academic experiment

..d'une fenêtre au-dessus

an aside with the rain — 2,30"

2021

36 forms (1024)

for organ (3 organists) —12'00"

untitled collaboration w/ tony guarino

for small sized percussions & field recording — 20'00"

for electric guitar & computer —12'00"

a radio podcast with diverse pieces & personal recordings — 60'00"

for inis:eto series — 45'00"

2020

harbor vite, haye

fixed media (stereo) — 11'00"

for clarinet & computer — 7'00"

2019

untitled something for two organs

for two programmable organs — 5'00"

once racing ceased, essentially the old 166 renumbered

fixed media (8 channels) — 8'00"

a cage through which to listen

fixed media & text — 6'00"

fixed media & text — 6'00"

a solo upper-body dance piece, ± 10'00"

1998

already back then