Sounds from Silence

Sidney Chen

How does a new piece of music get created? Join host Sidney Chen for a series of conversations with composers about their sources for inspiration, what lights the creative spark, and how they choose which techniques in their compositional toolbox to use. Through talking with the creators themselves, we unlock the ideas behind the music of they write, and learn how they draw sounds from silence. read less
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Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Aletheia
May 10 2023
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Aletheia
In this episode of Sounds from Silence, host Sidney Chen talks with Lithuanian-born and New York-based composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė about her recent choral work Aletheia, which was premiered by the Latvian Radio Choir and will receive its first US performances this month in San Francisco, performed by Volti. // REFERENCES // • Žibuoklė Martinaitytė's website • Lewis Hyde's A Primer for Forgetting • Latvian Radio Choir • LRT Klasika • Singing Revolution (Wikipedia) • Baltic Music Days Festival • Volti • Mark Winges's episode of Sounds from Silence • Hadal Zone • Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival • Kaija Saariaho, Innocence • US premiere performances of Aletheia by Volti on May 13 & 14 (tickets) Aletheia was commissioned by "LRT KLASIKA" and recorded live by the Lithuanian National Radio. Recording used by permission. // CONNECT WITH SIDNEY CHEN // Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Email: sidneychenarts@gmail.com Follow Sounds from Silence on Instagram at @soundsfromsilencepod!

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Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Aletheia
May 10 2023
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Aletheia
In this episode of Sounds from Silence, host Sidney Chen talks with Lithuanian-born and New York-based composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė about her recent choral work Aletheia, which was premiered by the Latvian Radio Choir and will receive its first US performances this month in San Francisco, performed by Volti. // REFERENCES // • Žibuoklė Martinaitytė's website • Lewis Hyde's A Primer for Forgetting • Latvian Radio Choir • LRT Klasika • Singing Revolution (Wikipedia) • Baltic Music Days Festival • Volti • Mark Winges's episode of Sounds from Silence • Hadal Zone • Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival • Kaija Saariaho, Innocence • US premiere performances of Aletheia by Volti on May 13 & 14 (tickets) Aletheia was commissioned by "LRT KLASIKA" and recorded live by the Lithuanian National Radio. Recording used by permission. // CONNECT WITH SIDNEY CHEN // Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Email: sidneychenarts@gmail.com Follow Sounds from Silence on Instagram at @soundsfromsilencepod!
Mark Winges: Words Cast Shadows
Apr 12 2023
Mark Winges: Words Cast Shadows
In this episode of Sounds from Silence, host Sidney Chen talks with San Francisco-based composer Mark Winges about his new choral work Words Cast Shadows, which will be premiered by the vocal ensemble Volti on May 13 and 14, 2023. // REFERENCES // • Mark Winges's website • Poet Jane Hirshfield • Poems: "Sheep", "A Blessing for Wedding", "When Your Life Looks Back" • Volti's website • Canticles of Rumi: 3. The Waterwheel (used with permission) on Spotify • Volti's 2017 album This Is What Happened (Innova, Spotify, Amazon) • San Francisco Ballet's Colorforms on Vimeo (choreography by Myles Thatcher, music by Steve Reich) • Premiere performances of Words Cast Shadows by Volti on May 13 & 14 (tickets) // CONNECT WITH SIDNEY CHEN // Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Email: sidneychenarts@gmail.com