Baltic Contemporary Music Network, June 2022 The second edition of the contemporary classical music festival Baltic Music Days (BMD) will be held in the European Capital of Culture – Kaunas (06.-19.11.2022). The festival will be hosted by the local contemporary classical music festival Iš ARTI which was founded in 2009 by the Chairwoman of Lithuanian Composers’ Union…
Aurora Ruus, Sirp, 20.05.2022 Ansambel U: „Residentuu:r. Muusikasalvestiste roll ja potentsiaal tänapäeval“. Neli arutelu 26. I – 4. V Tallinnas. Uut muusikat esitava ansambel U: eestvedamisel toimus tänavu juba seitsmendat korda loomeresidentuur. Sel aastal oli kohtumiste eesmärk arutleda muusikasalvestiste koha, tähtsuse ning võimaluste üle eeskätt nüüdismuusika perspektiivist lähtudes. Varasemates residentuurides on lähema vaatluse all olnud…
Kevin W Ng , 8 April, 2022, Bachtrack “A listening journey in six steps: contemporary women composers in Estonia” https://bachtrack.com/feature-estonian-women-composers-april-2022 “Among the younger generation of composers, Elis Hallik (born in 1986) has achieved particular international success. Hallik studied at the Estonian Academy of Music with Helena Tulve and Toivo Tulev, followed by further studies at…
Guy Rickards, Gramophone, May 2022 https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/fractales Ensemble Fractales a specialist new music chamber group comprising flautist Renata Kambarova, clarinetist Benjamin Maneyrol, violinist (and occasional viola player) Marion Borgel, cellist Diego Coutinho and pianist Gan Ponte. The ensemble’s diverse origins (France, Brazil, Uzbekistan) have nurtured their cosmopolitan approach, and the composers featured here hail from France (Claude…
My new work ‘Like a Swan’, performed by the Ensemble for New Music Tallinn and Arash Yazdani, will be premiered today in Vigo, Spain. In this piece, I channel my thoughts for all the people who have suffered and are suffering as a result of Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine. Due to unfortunate events, there…
François Mauger, magazine “4’33”, 12.04.2022 “Estonian composer Elis Hallik on the way to the trees” Link To become a tree… Such is the dream of the Estonian composer Elis Hallik , or at least the title of one of her works: To become a tree . The Fractales ensemble has just recorded it on its…
Kevin W Ng , 8 April, 2022, Bachtrack “A listening journey in six steps: contemporary women composers in Estonia” https://bachtrack.com/feature-estonian-women-composers-april-2022 “Among the younger generation of composers, Elis Hallik (born in 1986) has achieved particular international success. Hallik studied at the Estonian Academy of Music with Helena Tulve and Toivo Tulev, followed by further studies at…
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…
Farištamo Eller, 14 March, 2022, Muusika https://www.ajakirimuusika.ee/single-post/kadunud-metsade-kaja?fbclid=IwAR1DWcuwK5HHe-hOda7XNnJlLSvu89rrJC-WcF0Tr9g98TYmHW5JfIcYptw “Eelkontserdil kõlanud Elis Halliku “To Become a Tree” kõnetas lihtsaimalt ilmselt just oma pealkirja, oma loo tõttu. Teos on kvintetile (flööt/bassflööt, bassklarnet, viiul, tšello ja ettevalmistatud klaver) ning viis mängijat võib orkestri kõrval tunduda vähe. Halliku teos mõjub suurelt ja tugevalt, isegi oma detailsuses ja mõningases õrnuses, ning oli sel…
Dedicated to the Ensemble Fractales “To become a tree” is interpreted among recent quintets by Claude Ledoux, Maurizio Azzan and Salvatore Sciarrino. COMMERCIAL RELEASE : MARCH 11TH, 2022 2021/22, a cultural season unlike any other, brings the 30th anniversary of Cypres. Musical renewal and reinvention is of the essence for any record label in today’s environment. An enterprising spirit; a constant…