Acoustic

What is left?

for bass flute, clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello. “What is Left” is a composition reflecting on the remnants of an explosion—the fragments, the tiny pieces, and the remains of cherished artifacts. At its heart is the melody of the traditional Ukrainian lullaby “Ой, люлі-люлі”(“Oi, lyuli-lyuli”), a song from my native Kherson region. This melody has been freely arranged and transcribed in various ways, both through human interpretation and algorithmic assistance.

Architect of lies

For bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba Each time when russian soldiers come to my country, Ukraine, they first destroy libraries, then they burn books and cultural artifacts to replace them with their own “superior” ones. “architect of lies” is a composition about the influence of propaganda and its ways of rewriting the past. Performed by Ensemble Musikfabrik within the Virtual Brass Academy 2025

Ab.out

For string orchestra

Gardens of the birds' unfinished songs

For flute, violin, piano

Quadro

for fl, pno, vn, vc timbral stations. imaginative trajectories. a route of sound traces . Short excerpt from the performance ( listen here from 91:56 min ) by the ensemble Reflexion K during the Provinzlärm Festival (February 2023, Eckernförde), recorded and transmitted by the Deutschlandsfunk radio.

Interference

For Ensemble Nostri Temporis (fl, ob, cl, horn, vn, vc)

S

for 3 female voices „S“ is short for Sanbiki no saru. Sanbiki no saru (literally “three monkeys”), sometimes called the three mystic apes, are a pictorial maxim. Together they embody the proverbial principle “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”. The three monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil.

As soon as (Paradise)

for horn and bass trombone „…As soon as I want to make this instant moment Perfect Paradise and real dawn by looking back myself inside.“ - Charles Olson (freely interpreted by Alisa Kobzar) The composition could be understood as a free fantasy based on Charles Olson’s poem “As the Dead Prey Upon Us”. Inspired by Olson’s poetic method, “As Soon as (Paradise)” explores the concept of inner listening, inner hearing and the connection between the poetic lines/verses and the length of the breath.

De(zember)

for pianist and assistant (performed by A.Shmurak and A.Kobzar)

What is left?

Planted February 22, 2025

for bass flute, clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello.

“What is Left” is a composition reflecting on the remnants of an explosion—the fragments, the tiny pieces, and the remains of cherished artifacts. At its heart is the melody of the traditional Ukrainian lullaby “Ой, люлі-люлі”(“Oi, lyuli-lyuli”), a song from my native Kherson region. This melody has been freely arranged and transcribed in various ways, both through human interpretation and algorithmic assistance. The original recording of the lullaby begins at 00:54 in the audio-video from the Polyphony Project ( https://www.polyphonyproject.com/uk/song/BMI_UK17100186 ). The piece was composed during a time of profound personal and collective loss. After the explosion of the Kakhovka dam, the Kherson region was flooded and became a battlefield. My family’s country house is there, but we have no news of its condition. That house was a sanctuary for me, a place where I spent many warm seasons. I can still picture the lake surrounded by sand dunes, the small pine forest, and my piano—a treasured companion in that serene environment. Yet, I doubt the piano survived the two-meter-high floodwaters. I don’t know if I will ever return to that place, and if I do, what will remain? Will it be just a piece of ground, stripped of its history? What is left?

performed by ensemble Reflexion K @ Provinzlärm Festival 2025 in Eckernförde

Auftragskomposition der Provinzlärm Festivals 2025.