Lenka Zupkova: violin, electronics and compositionCD composer: Andre Bartetzki - Vinko Globokar - Dorothée Hahne - Peter Köszeghy - Annette Schlünz - Thorsten Töpp - Lenka Zupkova
interpreter: Andre Bartetzki - Dorothée Hahne - Lenka Zupkova
booklet writer: Thorsten Möller
It is unmistakable that Lenka Zupkova places a
great weight on the acoustic string sound and the wide range of playing
techniques common to traditional string instruments. She knows well
that the diversity of timbres and the, in comparison to the piano,
significantly more complex way a violinist can shape a tone are hardly
able to be generated by or transported to a digital system. Indeed it
seems as if the world of vibrati, pizzicati, col legno and sul
ponticello playing techniques are still too complicated and subtle to
be subsumed in a digital principle. Therefore Zupkova uses her 5-string
electric as well as the acoustic violin not as a simple trigger, which
sets preprogrammed computer generated sounds and noises into motion.
She respects the natural sound of the violin; however she also modifies
the acoustic signal in order to create an expanded sound palette, which
opens up the area of wild unrestrained noises. Zupkova achieves this
extension of the electric violin with the aid of software, such as
Super Collider or Max/ MSP, packages that at the same time allow the
spacial characteristics of the performance space (e.g. through surround
sound and reverberation) to be modified in enumerable ways during a
live performance.
All the compositions on this CD with the exception of Globokar’s
"Kartomlin Croisé" and Köszeghy’s "Libertinage" are commissioned works
and first recordings, which were a result of a close cooperation
between Zupkova and the composers. In collaboration with them new
directions were explored, new playing techniques were developed and
through this experimental approach we were even able to achieve a
synthesis between traditional and extended violin techniques.
Further information: www.violinelenka.com
Content:
Peter Köszeghy: Libertinage für E-Violine und Verzerrer
Andre Bartetzki: String Theory für Violine und Live-Elektronik
Annette Schlünz: Zebra für E-Violine, Live-Elektronik und 4-Kanal-Zuspielband
Dorothée Hahne: RestZeit für E-Violine und Live-Elektronik
Lenka Zupkova: Strepy für E-Violine, Live-Elektronik und 4-Kanal-Zuspielband
Thorsten Töpp: Mystify für verstärkte Violine und Loop Delay
Vinko Globokar: Kartomlin Croisé für verstärkte Violine und Live-Elektronik
Lenka Zupková: acoustical and five-string electric violin, live electronics
Andre Bartetzki: live electronics / Dorothée Hahne: live electronics
This product was added to our catalog on Monday 24 November, 2008.
