David Louis Zuckerman is an American composer and artist based in New York. He was invited to live and work in Athens at Ύλη[matter]HYLE for the months of August and September. Due to the pandemic’s remaining travel restrictions, his travel from the U.S proved impossible and instead he decided to create a number of musical compositions for a trio of string instruments to be performed live in Athens by local musicians.
In particular for David Louis Zuckerman: "A gesture, which at first appeared too simple and in need of development, after some weeks suddenly begins to look complex, and inversely, spaces of complexity grow less daunting. At a certain stage in this process of shifting awareness all conceptual categories are eradicated, and you can begin to see, with clarity, what remains as a possible music. I am already with you and what travels now without a passport, it is a revolt."
This event also celebrates Ύλη[matter]HYLE’s five years of activities and its newly legal status as a non profit organisation.
Bios:
David Louis Zuckerman is a composer, who has worked across mediums in performance, installation, new orchestral music, theater and cinema. He is currently based in New York City and New Haven, Connecticut.
Chrysi Tzavla holds a diploma in violin with an excellent grade and 2nd prize from the Musical Horizons Conservatory (2020), class of George Mandila, and a graduate of the Department of Music Studies of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Despoina Spanou graduated from Rhodes Music School and holds a First Class Bachelor degree in Music Studies from Ionian University, specialized in Music Execution- Violoncello.
Spyros Kokonetsis is now preparing for the diploma under the supervision of professor Mr. Elias Sdoukos at Orfeio Conservatory. He, also, studies at the Department of Music Studies of Ionian University.
