Yair Klartag, Instabilities with Ilya Gringolts, violin

I&I Foundation 2020 commission
We're happy to share our next commission of works for 2020 by the talented Israeli composer Yair Klartag, who wrote his work "Instabilities", which was filmed by our friends at Pilvax Films. Ilya Gringolts, our Founder and Co-Artistic Director takes centre stage as soloist in this piece.
Here is what Yair has to say about his work: "As a means of coping with the inherent instability of all systems surrounding us, I have been looking for natural phenomena that are characterized by a constant state of imbalance. Each of the three movements of the piece is inspired by such a phenomenon: the first movement “Primordial Fluctuations” refers to variations in the density of the material during the early forming of the universe. The second movement is titled “Liquid Fragility”, a term used to quantify the elasticity of glass during its melting process. The third movement “Colony Collapse” is inspired by a phenomenon observed in bee hives, where the majority of worker bees in a bee colony disappear, leaving the queen by herself."
A glimpse into Yair's experiences as a musician: "Yair Klartag (b.1985) is an Israeli composer teaching composition at Tel Aviv University. He has studied composition with Ruben Seroussi and Georg Friedrich Haas at Tel-Aviv University, Basel Musikhochschule and Columbia University. Other important composition studies and masterclasses include George Lewis, Fred Lerdahl, Chaya Czernowin, Brian Ferneyhough and Rebecca Saunders. His music has been performed by ensembles such as Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Sinfonietta, Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra, ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Linea, Meitar ensemble, JACK quartet and the MIVOS quartet and in festivals such as Ultraschall Berlin, La Biennale di Venezia, Schwetzinger SWR Festspielen, ECLAT Festival, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, Tage für Neue Musik Zürich among others. He received several awards and scholarships: 61. Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, Henri Lazarof Prize, 31st Irino Prize (Japan), "New Classics" Competition (Russia), Yvar Mikhashoff Prize (USA), 1st place at the "I International Composition Competition Ireneu Segarra" (Spain), 2nd place at "7ème Concours Dutilleux" and "Concours de Genève ", Audience Prize at "Isang Yun Composition Competition", Israeli Prime Minister Prize, "Klon" scholarship from Israel Compoers' League, AKUM prize, STV-KHS Studienpreis, the Schweizer Bundesstipendium as well as artist residencies in Herrenhaus Edenkoben and Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD. His music is published by Ricordi."
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