MICHAŁ G. DZITKO
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Soundscapes of Color
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Soundscapes of Color is a chamber opera by Michał Dzitko
Stemming from a fascination with spatial music and participative listening, this opera eliminated the conventional separation between performers and audience.
Through engineering the possibility for remote conducting,
a technique equipping each live performer with a live feed of the conductor, an immersive sonic art gallery was created.
The audience was then freed to roam and explore the performance guided by sounds, a programmatic light show, and choreography that captivate them, highlighting the tacit agency listeners have over their musical experience.
Commissioned by author Esther K Smith and fine-print publisher Purgatory Pie Press, the opera is based on a libretto of an 1874 typography and ink catalog, Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type.
Past Performance Dates
May 16th, 2017
Rizzoli Bookstore
1133 Broadway, New York, NY 10010
July 30th, 2017
Flux Factory Major Exhibition
39-31 29th St, Long Island City, NY 11101
April 22nd, 2018
6018|North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
May 5th, 2018
Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
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"The quality of the concept itself makes this performance worth a visit"
- Steven Heller, former art director,
New York Times
Rizzoli Bookstore teaser show
"Existentially dizzying and aesthetically pleasing"
- The Chicago Maroon
Gallery 6018|North show
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Bokeh
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"One of the most intriguing organ releases...
Hypnotic!"
- Choir & Organ Magazine
"Clearly influenced by pop-music; a pleasant overlap between classical listening and ambient/instrumental pop"
- Carson Cooman, Composer-in-residence, Harvard University
Earlier Music Works
(2019).
- Études
o the entirety of Chopin's Etudes reimagined as
hip-hop tracks
o (currently in progress)
- Hunter
o opera commission about the life and work of
Hunter S. Thompson
o (currently in progress)
(2017).
- Variations on a Theme of Chopin
o for marimba and bassoon
o premiere in Chicago, IL on 30/11/2017
- Petrichor
o for marimba and piano
o premiere in Chicago, IL on 30/11/2017
(2016).
- Soundscapes of Color
o for operatic voice, live ensemble,
and electronics
o premiere dates vary
- 4 a.m. Library Drills
o for SATB choir
(2015).
- Candeō
i. Hungarian Sun
ii. High Windows
iii. Smoke & Bells
o for flute and viola
o premiere in Chicago, IL (May 2016)
- Two Memories of Nature
i. Petrichor
ii. Kulig
o for two marimbas
o sent to the Polish Institute of Music
- Bokeh
i. Bokeh
ii. April Showers
iii. Dancing Mad
iv. Alluvion
v. Copenhagen at Night
vi. Harmonies du Soir
o for solo organ
o premiere in London, England (March 2015)
o set to dance in Chicago, IL (April 2015)
o released online worldwide (November 2015)
- Looking Back
o for piano and violoncello
o premiere in Chicago, IL (January 2015)
(2014).
- Downtime
o for solo piano
o premiere in Bedford, England (December 2014)
- Gupstep (Quiet Please)
o for solo electronics
o premiere in Bedford, England (December 2014)
- Silent Pique
o piano quintet
o premiere in Bedford, England (December 2014)
- 17' 18''
o for prepared piano
(2013).
- Memories of Paris
o for extended orchestra
o premiere in Bedford, England (October 2014)
- Variations on a Frozen Lake
i. The Frozen Lake
ii. Blues
iii. Reds
iv. Fugue
v. Finale
o for string quartet
o premiere in Bedford, England (May 2013)
(2012).
- The Forest Suite
i. The Spirit
ii. Chrysalis
iii. The Lone Stream
iv. A Villain Within
o serialist suite set to poetry for solo piano
(2011).
- Paseggiatta in Autunno
o for string quintet
o Runner-up in Bedfordshire Composition Competition
- Piano Suite
i. Prelude
ii. Invention in 2 parts
iii. Polonaise
iv. Tragedia
v. Romance
vi. Waltz
o for solo piano
"I love beer because it at least has the decency to always taste the same"
- Philip Glass
The Forest Suite, mvt.II - Chrysalis
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of the Soundscapes of Color libretto