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Elena Rykova: You exist. I am an illusion

Duo für Violoncello, kleine Trommel, Objekte und elektronische Verstärkung

(2016)

You exist.
And I am an illusion.
I appeared as a vision to myself
in the darkness of a hallway
in an empty mirror
at the bottom of a coffee-cup
I am my own shadow in the dark room a trace washed away by a whelm
a silence carried away by the wind
a radiowave
I hide in the gaps between the words in the folds of my own clothes between the beeps of a phone call
in your dreams
that you see in the deep night
and never remember

(poem by Anna Orlitskaya,
translated by Elena Rykova)

Elena Rykova
© Miri Davidovitz

Elena Rykova (*1991 in Ufa, Russia) studied composition with Yuri Kasparov at the Moscow Conservatory, with Johannes Schöllhorn at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne, and completed her PhD at Harvard University under Chaya Czernowin. The composer, interdisciplinary artist, and performance artist explores various forms of creative expression, often combining traditional instruments with found objects, movement, and sound. Her scores are characterized by innovative notation and have been exhibited in international art museums. In complex polyphonic textures, she explores the fragility and impact of sound through the creative use of amplification, with the bodies of instruments often serving as acoustic filters. Elena invites listeners into immersive worlds, where each piece conveys a unique sense of time and a feeling of place.

Her music has been performed by leading ensembles of contemporary new music and presented at renowned festivals worldwide. She also works as a professor and guest composer. Elena is a member of the programming committee of the Société de Musique Contemporaine (SMC) and a board member of the Swiss Music Edition (SME). Since August 2024, she has been the artistic director of the Basel-based ensemble Lemniscate. Elena Rykova currently resides in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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