Percorsi Musicali: “Elis Hallik: Born in Waves”

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra in a programme of premières from young Estonian composers 13 April 2015 Gavin Dixon “Two Ladies”, the title of this afternoon’s concert, referred to its two violin soloists, Triin Ruubel and Juta Õunapuu-Mocanita. They, along with the strings of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, presented a programme of premières from young Estonian composers….

Born In Waves is the debut album from this Estonia-born modern classical composer  It’s a nine-track affair, which highlights the composer’s ability to create compelling work that seesaws between discord & harmony, tautness & flow, and sourness & sweetness.The CD release appears on Austria’s Kairos. It’s presented in the labels house style digipak- with a forty-page…

Sirje Vihma-Normet,  17 September, 2021, Eesti Elu/ Estonian Life https://eestielu.com/en/culture/173-muusika/12118-erso-95​ ​The world premiere of Elis Hallik’s Firehearted was supposed to be performed last year, during the season dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. Therefore, the strings in the work are largely inspired by the opening movement of Beethoven’s Leonore (Fidelio). According to the composer, at one point she…

​Simon Cummings, 18 March, 2022, blog 5:4, program “Lent series” Link The next piece in my Lent Series is concerned with not just the possibility but the occasional necessity of having to progress through darkness. Some Paths Will Always Lead Through the Shadows was composed by Elis Hallik in 2021, and takes as inspiration words…

Sirp, detsember 22,  2017,  Johanna Mängel https://www.sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/c5-muusika/uhiskonnatundlik-ja-eksklusiivne-nuudismuusikaaeg/ ​ “In autumn, ERSO premiered Elis Vesik’s orchestral work Punctum concursūs in prospectu or Vanishing Point in the Field of Vision, one of the central themes of which is the perception of time. A unique, airy, and sensitive sound aesthetic may be encountered in Vesik’s well-thought-out search for…