Festival

Samuel Toro Pérez e-guitar, live-electronics

Elena Rykova live-electronics

Micha Seidenberg live-electronics

 

 

Elena Rykova | Samuel Toro Pérez Sheltering in Time II, for e-guitar, electronics (2022-2024)

Samuel Toro Pérez Ambient Studies 5 - st/po remix, for e-guitar, live-electronics (2024)

Micha Seidenberg | Samuel Toro Pérez Melting Sands, for e-guitar, live-electronics (2024)

"Open Spaces. Tracing the Architecture of Time" is an intimate musical exploration of space in both the physical and imaginary sense. The project consists of three different works for electric guitar and electronics, each approaching the topos from a different angle.

The international collaboration between the Swiss-based composers Elena Rykova and Micha Seidenberg and the Austrian-based electric guitarist, composer and performer Samuel Toro Pérez will be presented in 2024-2025 as part of a tour with concerts in Austria and Switzerland.

In "Sheltering in Time", Elena and Samuel explore feedback as a central musical connection between the physical space and the performer moving in it. Audio material from the joint rehearsals with Samuel’s and Elena’s voices is included as well. Samuel's new work is conceptually inspired by selected examples of sustainable architecture in Vienna and uses field recordings and live-electronics to create spatial sound projections that listeners can immerse themselves in. Micha's "Melting Sands" works with thresholds and tipping points in imaginary and physical spaces, using unstable sound elements and electro-acoustic controllers to create a continuum of spectromorphologies that extends from the physical to the disembodied.