«Elis Hallik: Baltic light, in search of timelessness»

«Elis Hallik: Baltic light, in search of timelessness»

ELIS HALLIK: Some Paths Will Always Lead Through the Shadows; Concerto for two violins and string orchestra “Stoicheia”; To Become a Tree; Doch manchmal erhellt sich die Seele, wenn sie frohe Menschen denkt, dunkelgoldene Frühlingstage; Born in Waves; Touching the First Sounds; Impacts; Like a Swan; Above. Sirje Aleksandra Viise, soprano. Juta Ōunapuu-Mocanita and Triin…

Helikaja. Plaadinõel. Elis Halliku debüütalbum

Helikaja. Plaadinõel. Elis Halliku debüütalbum

Klassikaraadio Helikaja saates võtab muusikateadlane Saale Kareda luubi alla Elis Halliku albumi “Born in Waves”. Saale panus albumi hindamisel on eriliselt tänuväärne, avades ukse muusika sügavustesse oma tundliku arusaamaga. Saale Kareda: Elis Hallikut käivitavaks loominguliseks jõuks on taotlus tungida nii kõrgema intellekti kui ka tunnetuslikult intensiivse loomeprotsessi kaudu väga sügavale eksistentsi mõistmise ja mõtestamiseni. Austria…

Nyyd-muusika. Elis Halliku autoriplaat “Born in Waves”

Nyyd-muusika. Elis Halliku autoriplaat “Born in Waves”

Tänavu septembrikuus andis Austria plaadifirma Kairos välja Eesti helilooja Elis Halliku esimese autoriplaadi “Born in Waves”, kuhu on koondatud helilooja viimase kümnendi loomingu olulisemad teemad. Plaati võrdleb ta komponeerimisprotsessiga. “Kõik need kompositsioonid on omaette kompositsioonid, aga kogu selle plaadi koostamine – just et millised lood, mis järjestuses, isegi sinnani, et milline on see hingamispaus seal…

Review from Musique Machine / Multi-Genre Music Magazine on Kairos album

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…

Review from Carme Miró sonograma.org of Hallik’s new album Born in Waves

Estonian composer Elis Hallik’s debut on the Kairos label has an early justification in the recording of Born in Waves. In this sense, the composer comments: “I like to think that the structure can also work as an autonomous energy system, a multidirectional sense of time. Time and ambivalence are the different aspects of the same sound…

Respected British music critic Simon Cummings reviewed “Born in Waves” on Kairos

Respected British music critic Simon Cummings reviewed “Born in Waves” on Kairos

Elis Hallik is probably the most interesting Estonian composer who, thus far, i haven’t written much about. During my annual trips to the Estonian Music Days in recent years, she has rarely been featured, so until recently, all i knew of her music were two chamber works, To Become A Tree – probably her most well-known piece to date –…

Elis Hallik’s Album presentation talk and “Tuning the Iron”

Elis Hallik’s Album presentation talk and “Tuning the Iron”

October 28 at 19:30, Tallinn, Telliskivi Creative City, Green Hall Austria’s renowned record label Kairos has released the album “Born in Waves” by Estonian composer Elis Hallik (born in 1986). The album predominantly features chamber compositions and includes one orchestral piece – a concerto for two violins and a string orchestra titled “Stiihia.” The album…