Biliana Voutchkova – Violin, Voice
A collage programme consisting of selected slow movements from the Telemann solo violin Fantasien and original New Ghost Phantasies by Voutchkova.
The original New Fantasies for two violins were composed by Biliana Voutchkova and Clara Levy, commissioned and premiered at DARA String Festival 2024. They are based on and inspired by Georg Philipp Telemann’s Fantasien for solo violin, containing partly composed, partly improvised music that develops from a selection of slow movements from the original phantasies.
The process of creating this work went through a research phase of mutual and personal observation, understanding, and defining the violinists’ common classical music background. It traced their early classical music training, the changes and developments over the years that have led to their current artistic identities. The New Fantasies emerged through their personal connection to Telemann’s phantasies, which each had been playing for over 20 years.
For this concert, Biliana Voutchkova developed a new version of the work, New Ghost Phantasies for solo violin and fixed media. She revisits and transforms the material of New Fantasies, translating the shared dialogue into a solo constellation with ghostly pre-recorded layers and spectral presences.
Duration: 55 minutes (without intermission)
Venue: Sculpture Park, in case of rain in the Studio*
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