Situation Object 4 (2021)
Music-theater
for solo fighter and amplified punching bag
Duration: 12’
Commission of Kontraklang Music Series Berlin and Initiative Neue Musik Berlin
Premiered at Kontraklang concert series, Villa Elisabeth Berlin, Germany on December 2, 2021
Composition, and stage direction; Amir Shpilman
Choreography; Johannes Boenig
Performer; Helga Wretman
Technical director and Sound engineer; Thomas Chousos
Curators; Marta Blazanovic-Drefers, Patrick Klingenschmitt, Christopher Williams
Inversion of a future (2021)
Music-theater
for stunt double, riggers and live electronics
Duration: 30’
Commission of Berliner Senat, Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V. and Ural Biennial for Contemporary Arts.
Premiered as performative installation at Ural Biennial for Contemporary Arts, State
Circus Arena, Yekaterinburg, Russia on October 12, 2021
Creation of Amir Shpilman and Shiran Eliaserov
in collaboration with artist and stuntwoman Helga Wretman
Curators; Cagla Ilk, Assaf Kimmel, Misal Adnan Yildiz, Stage direction; Amir Shpilman and Shiran Eliaserov, Stunt performer; Helga Wretman, Dancer; Polina Zayceva, Riggers; Dmitry Berkuta, Andrew Berkuta, Timofey Karandashov, Audio programming and sound engineer; Egor Ananko, Tech manager; Nikita Shvalev, Stunt safety director; Rashid Ahtiamov, Production manager: Natasha Andreeva, Head of production team: Anastasia Lomonosova, Tech director:Pavel Luzhin, Assistants; Maria Kuchkildina, Olga Lomakina, Coordinator: Elena Khramtsova, Lighting designer: Illarion larikov, Sound assistant: Rafik Akapian, Arena staff: Danil Balakin, Denis Karpov.
CIRCLES (2020/21)
Mass-display with voice, color and movement
for 300 singers or more
Duration: 30’
Commission of Die Irritierte Stadt Festival ein Projekt von Akademie Schloss Solitude, Freie Tanz und Theaterszene Stuttgart, Musik der Jahrhunderte, Produktionszentrum Tanz und Performance, Theater Rampe und des Kulturamts der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart im Rahmen von TANZPAKT Stuttgart. Gefördert von TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien sowie dem Sonderprogramm NEUSTART KULTUR und der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart.
Premiered at Pariserplatz, Stuttgart, Germany on October 3, 2021
Artistic Direction, Composition and concept – Amir Shpilman, Dramaturgical consultation – Marie Bues, Choreography – Ariel Cohen, Design Yair Kira, Multimedia-Art – Naoto Hiéda, Sound Design – Timo Kleinemeier, Virtual Instrument – Christoph Amann, Scientific consultation – Dr. Robert Löw, Management and communication – Kerstin Wiehe.
Neue Vocalsolisten: Susanne Leitz-Lorey, Sopran; Truike van der Poel, Mezzosopran; Martin Nagy, Tenor; Guillermo Anzorena, Bariton
Rainer Homburg, Dirigent
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Motettenchor Stuttgart, Philharmonia Chor Stuttgart, VokalWerk Stuttgart, ofChors – feel the music, Vocalix, conTakt Chor Deufringen, Chor Once Again, ChorArt Herrenberg
Khazanim (2021)
Digital Binaural Sound-Walk
Duration: Endless
Commission of Podium Festival Esslingen.
Premiered at Podium Festival Esslingen, Germany on July 18, 2021
Komposition: Amir Shpilman
Recherche & Dramaturgie: Lena Fritschle
Audio Programmierung: João Pais
Technische Umsetzung: Brendan Howell
Podcast: MUJK // Thilo Braun, Maria Gnann und Marie König
Leitung PODIUM Education: Wiebke Rademacher
Leitung PODIUM Digital: Julian Stahl
Tontechnische Betreuung: Simon Heinze
Redaktionelle Begleitung: Steffen Greiner
Projektleitung: Pamina Rottok
Podium Festival Künstlerische Leitung: Steven Walter & Joosten Ellée
Situation Object 3 “Delivery” (2020)
solo female voice
Duration: 11’
Commission of Festival Concepts of doing / Berlin edition
World premier at StudioBörne45, Berlin, Germany on September 6, 2020
Soprano Sirje Viise
Esh (2019)
Chamber Choir SATB a cappella
Duration: 3.5’
Commission of Junges Ensemble Dresden
World premiere at Weinbergskirsche, Dresden/Trachenberg, Germany on December 15, 2019
Spins 2 (2019)
Solo Flute and electronics
Duration: 12’
Commission of Kulturkontakt Austria (OeAD) and Platypus Ensemble
World premiere at WienModern Festival, Reaktor on November 17, 2019
Iva Kovač – flute and Lukas Froschauer – electronics
Entangled (2019)
Trio of open instrumentation and electronics
Duration: 8.5’
Commission of ensemble mosaik
Premiered at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin on August 17, 2019
Martin Losert – Sax., Chatschatur Kanajan – Violin, Mathis Mayr – Cello and electronics by Ernst Surberg
Indestruction (2019)
Immersive composition for ensemble and Dynamic Speakers
Instrumentation: B.Fl., B.Ob., B.Cl., Bar.Sax., Pno., Vln., Vla., Vlc.
8 Dynamic Speakers, 8 control pads and 8 midi pedals
Duration: 14’
Commission of ensemble mosaik Berlin and the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund
Premiered at Kesselhaus Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, Germany on May 22, 2019
Conductor Enno Poppe, ensemble mosaik
Die Weiße Stadt (2019)
Woodwind quartet
Duration 12
Commission of Ensemble Dix in celebration of 100 years of the Bauhaus movement.
Premiered at Lindenau-Museum-Altenburg on May 5 2019
Ensemble Dix: Andreas Knoop – Flöte, Albrecht Pinquart – Oboe, Hendrik Schnöke – Klarinette, Roland Schulenburg – Fagott
Open Closed Open (2018/19)
Multimedia Installation
Commission of the Jewish Museum Berlin
Opening June 20, 2019
Showing June 21-August 11, 2019
Awarded the first DAGESH Art Prize
TIFERET (2017)
Musiktheater
2-4 dancers, 5-7 vocal soloists, 30 voice choir, Dynamic-Speakers and electronics
Duration: 60’
Commission of the Maxim Gorki Theater
With generous support of the Clara Angela Foundation, Berlin and Asylum Arts, New York
Premiered in the Maxim Gorki Theater, Studio Я Berlin, Germany on November 12, 2017
Composer & director Amir Shpilman, Dramaturgy Bastian Zimmermann, Dancers Elena Kilchitskaya, Yotam Peled, Vocal Solists AuditivVokal Dresden conducted by Olaf Katzer, Choir Carl-von-Ossietzky-Chor conducted by Berit Kramer, Designer Yair Kira, Stage and Lighting designer Christine Ruynat, Costume designer; Isabell Reisinger, Assistant director Tinka Legvart
Inmitten des Lebens (2017)
Baroque Orchestra (period instruments), mixed choir and six vocal soloists
Instrumentation: 2 Renaissance Violin, 2 Tenor Viol, Bass Viol, G Violone, Theorbo, Traverso, Dulcian, 2 Cornett, 3 Baroque Trumpet, Alto Trombone, Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, Baroque Timpani in C and in G, Organ.
Original Text by Nadja Küchenmeister
Duration: 42’
Commission of Freiberger Dom
Funded by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, the Evang.-Luth. State Church Saxony, and the Silberstadt Freiberg e.V
Premiered in the Freiberg Cathedral, Germany on November 4, 2017
Freiberger DomChor
Ensemble Freiberger Dom-Music
Soloists: Soprano Dorothea Wagner, Soprano Isabel Kalis, Contralto David Erler, Tenor Benjamin Glaubitz, Tenor Sebastian Reim, Bass Cornelius Uhle
Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble
Leitung: Arno Paduch
Gesamtleitung: Albrecht Koch
Situation Object 2 (2017)
2 dancers and ensemble of vocal soloists
Duration: 20’
Commission of the Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin
Premiered in the Maxim Gorki Theater, Studio Я, Berlin, Germany on November 12, 2017
Dancers Elena Kilchitskaya, Yotam Peled, Ensemble AuditivVokal
Images (2017)
Accordion, Saxophone and Soprano
Duration: 11’
Commission of FrauVonDa as part of the Musiktheater project TaxiMusic
Premiered in Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin on September 22, 2017
Ensemble LUX:NM and Mezzo-Soprano Claudia Van Hasselt
Malleable Cycle (2017)
Large choir
Duration: 20’
Commission of AuditivVokal Dresden
Premiered in Chorfestival Meißen klingt, on September 9, 2017
World premiere by 200 voice choir at the Meißen Domplatz, Germany
Malleable Images (2017)
Ensemble of vocal soloists
Duration: 12’
Commission of AuditivVokal Dresden
Premiered at the Albertinum Museum, Lichthof, Dresden on September 13
AuditivVokal Dresden, Conductor Olaf Katzer
Spins (2016)
Saxophone and Percussion (open instrumentation)
Duration: 12’-15’
Commission of Ensemble Nikel and the Tzlil Meudcan Festival
Premiered in the Teiva Theater in Jaffa, Israel on July 13, 2016
Patrick Stadler – Saxophone and electronics, Brian Archinal – No input mixer
Score Sample Program note Publisher
Destruction (2015/16)
For symphony orchestra and large choir
(3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/Perc.,Pno/ 2 Hrp./ 14.12.10.8.6/mixed choir S.A.T.B, tape)
Duration: 21’
Commission of the European Capital of Culture, Wroclaw 2016
Premiered in an open air concert on the the banks of the Odra river in Wroclaw, Poland on June 11, 2016.
Resisim (2015)
For Baritone and Ensemble (Fl., Ob., Tpt., Perc., Hp., Guit., Cantor)
Duration: 13’
Commission of DeutschlandFunk – Forum Neuer Musik for the project Mekomot
Premiered at Ehemalige Synagoge Stavenhagen, Germany on September 16, 2015
At DeutschlandFunk Radio Kultur, Köln, Germany:
At Nozyk Synagogue, Warsaw, Poland:
Iridescent Stasis (2014)
For large ensemble (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1)
Duration: 15’
Commission of Ensemble Intercontemporain and La Biennale di Venezia
Premiered at La Biennale die Venezia on October 11, 2014
Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor Jean-Michaël Lavoie
Separate Audio Link
Video :
Situation Object (2014)
For solo Soprano
Duration: 10’
Commission of Town Hall Seattle
Premiered at Town Hall Seattle on June 24, 2014 by Mary Mackenzie
Live radiobroadcast by Radio Bremen on November 11, 2014 by AuditivVokal Dresden
Echad (2014)
Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Violin and Cello
Duration: 15’
Commission of Heidelberger Frühling (Heidelberg Spring Festival)
Premiered on March 19, 2014 | Conductor, Matthias Pintscher, Meitar Ensemble
Watch Echad Video
Here I am, Send me! (2013)
A cappella for 20 vocal soloists
Duration: 20’
Commission of LABA, 14th St Y Theater NYC,
Premiered on June 2013
Hedef (2013)
For large ensemble (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/pno/hrp/1.1.1.1.1)
Duration: 10’
Commission of the Heidelberger Frühling (Heidelberg Spring Festival)
Premiered in April 2013 | Conductor Matthias Pintscher, Ensemble of the young composers academy
Darkness (2012)
Piano and Baritone
Duration: 16’
Commission of the Frankfurt Alte Oper
Premiered in September 2012 By Baritone Leigh Melrose, Piano Anna Tillbrook
Sheketak (2011)
Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Violin and Cello
Duration: 6’
Premiered in New York by International Contemporary Ensemble, December 10, 2011
Collective Improvisation 1 (2011)
For large ensemble and four laptops 20’
Premiered by Ensemble Moto Perpetuo at DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, December 4th 2011
Kol Nidrei (2011)
Clarinet and two Pianos
Duration: 12’
Brooklyn College, mentored by Pianist Ursula Oppens
Sh’ma (2010)
Orchestra
Duration: 10’
Premiered at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on May 13th 2010
Brooklyn College Orchestra , Conductor Mark Rothman
Broadcast by Kol Hamusica, Israel National Classical Music Radio, April 29, 2015
All is one (2010)
Large Symphonic Choir
Duration 10’
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts in May 2010
Conductor Vince Peterson
As if These Clouds (2010)
6 Percussionists
Duration: 10’
Premiered at Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York on May 1st 2010
Donaueschinger Musiktage, Echtzeit Ensemble, Conductor Christof M. Löser
October 17, 2014
Abashment (2009)
Solo Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass
Duration: 11’
Premiered at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on November 19, 2009
Trombonist David Whitwell and Mivos String Quartet
Asymptote 2 (2009)
Flute/Pic, Clarinet, B. Trombone, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Contra-Bass
Duration: 10’
Premiered at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on May 11, 2009
Conductor, Amir Shpilman
Kiri / White Mist (2008)
Mezzo Sopran and Piano Poem by Midori Higashijo
Duration 9’
Premiered at Brooklyn Performing Arts Center, April 2009
Mezzo Soprano Fabienne Seveillac, Piano Masako Yokouchi
Quintet for Winds (2008)
Wind Quintet
Duration: 7’
In Their Memory (2007)
Chamber Choir
Duration: 9’
The Space Between (2007)
Violin, Viola, Cello
Duration: 15’
Asymptote 1 (2006)
Percussion Trio
Duration: 8’
Without a Song (2006)
Mezzo Soprano, 5 Baritone, 2 Contrabass Poem by Irena Chudyak
Duration: 7’
Spike Adaptation (2005)
Timpani Bass Drum and Flute
Duration: 3’
Nir’s Theme (2005)
Orchestra
Duration: 8’
Kina (2005)
Mezzo Soprano, Cello, and Bassoon
Duration 6’
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