DCV 412 – Olga Rayeva: Ethiopian Coffee

Already during her studies, the works of Olga Rayeva began being performed in public (at the "Moscow Autumn" Festival, at the International Festival "Moscow-Modern", at the festival “Alternative”) and noted by critics to "have left a deep impression. " The composer herself was said to have an "impressive individuality" and to be "one of the most talented Russian artists of the generation."

Homer places the Elysium at the end of the world, in the west, near the banks of the Ocean River (“ancestor of the gods”), as part of the afterlife, the dwelling place of the souls of the dead, where people “(…) the expected the easiest life (…) There is no rain, no snow, no storms, […]

Homer places the Elysium at the end of the world, in the west, near the banks of the Ocean River (“ancestor of the gods”), as part of the afterlife, the dwelling place of the souls of the dead, where people “(…) the expected the easiest life (…) There is no rain, no snow, no storms, […]

With TRIBUT, Eroica Berlin and Karine Gilanyan present a belated birthday concert for two giants of contemporary music, which will also premiere two works composed in their honor.

Spring Concert (Oasis) was completed a year ago, and now composer Olga Rayeva looks at it as a strange artifact. She doesn’t know what came over her then, but it sometimes happens: when an adult suddenly wants to slide down the stairs railings, buy him/herself a chocolate ice cream and dream about traveling to Ethiopia.

Olga Rayeva’s ‘Am Meer’ for button accordion and orchestra will have its world premiere at Ultraschall festival for new music, performed by Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski and Roman Yusipey as soloist. Olga Rayeva about her piece: The theme of the sea is prominent in most of my compositions, and this is not a coincidence.

Education Michael has a degree in English Literature from the State University of New York. Despite having no formal music education, he has an active international career in several aspects of the music business.

Celia Swart (1994, NL) is a new music composer, saxophone player and visual artist. Growing up playing saxophone and piano, she found her love for composing.

"Creativity is an unconscious act of insanity, in a burst of which the truth is born. No matter how beautiful or disgusting it may seem to people far from madness, its value is beyond doubt, both for the author and for those able to sense its invisible beauty. After all, gratitude for endless trials and suffering brings joy and blissful emptiness… Being shocked by music is about pain turning into beauty and getting under your skin, taking away your breath; about everything stopping to move. I want to be scratched inside by sound and experience the fleeting, invisible beauty." - Maxim Shalygin