Maya Dunietz ( he, מאיה דוניץ; April 16, 1981 in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

), is an international musician and artist, combining a solo career with collaborations with renowned musicians:

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou ( Gəʿəz ፅጌ ማርያም ገብሩ; born Yewubdar Gebru, December 12, 1923) is an Ethiopian nun known for her piano playing and compositions.

Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figures ...

John Tilbury John Tilbury (born 1 February 1936) is a British pianist. He is considered one of the foremost interpreters of Morton Feldman's music, and since 1980 has been a member of the free improvisation group AMM. Early life and education Tilbury st ...

, Habiluim, and many others. Her works are exhibited in venues such as Centre Pompidou Paris, Athens Onassis Center, Frac Paca, and CCA Tel Aviv.

Musical education and early career

Put It In My Mouth by Maya Dunietz - Photo by Dana Dunietz

Dunietz began to study piano at the age of 5 with Jenina Lobenberg. She also studied flute with Moshe Epstein, theory, and solfege with Lev Kogan. At age 10 she took composition with Keren Rosenbaum, who introduced her to a new world of experimentation with sound and ignited an ongoing creative collaboration with Rosenbaum and her Reflex Ensemble. Between 1993-2006 Dunietz studied piano with Naomi Lev, Daniel Gortler, Yaron Godfried, Ofer Bryer,

Amit Golan Amit Golan (1964 - 2010) (Hebrew: עמית גולן) was an Israeli pianist, composer, and jazz educator. Born in Haifa and educated first at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and then at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New ...

and Alexander Volkov. Dunietz studied at ''Thelma Yellin School of Fine Arts'' majoring in jazz piano, graduating in 1998. During that time, she performed with various projects including Reflex Ensemble, ''Jerusalem Salsa Band'', ''Avram Felder Big Band'' and ''Bat Kol Choir''. At 16 years of age, Dunietz traveled to Côte D'ivoire as the young Israeli representative of Jeunesses Musicales for an international music convention, where she met mbira master, singer, and songwriter

Chiwoniso Maraire Chiwoniso Maraire (5 March 1976 – 24 July 2013) was a Zimbabwean singer, songwriter, and exponent of Zimbabwean mbira music. She was the daughter of Zimbabwean mbira master and teacher Dumisani Maraire (and former officer in the Zimbabwe Mini ...

who became her close friend and artistic collaborator until Maraire’s passing in 2013. In 1999, Dunietz enrolled in

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music School of Jazz and Contemporary Music is the second conservatory of The New School. It is located on West 13th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood. It was known as The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music before it wa ...

, New York. While there she performed with various artists including

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, Suzi Ibara,

Ikue Mori (born 17 December 1953), also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, electronic musician, composer, and graphic designer. Mori was awarded a "Genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2022. Biography Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She sa ...

, Mary Halverson,

Daniel Zamir Daniel Zamir ( he, דניאל זמיר; born 1980 in Petah Tikva) is an Israeli saxophonist and singer. Having started on alto saxophone, Zamir is mainly known for his soprano playing. Background Zamir was born to a secular family and started ...

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

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and others. In the same year, she performed George Antheil's Ballet Mécanique with the ''New York Shakespeare Theater Company'' at Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, toured the South-West in duo with writer

Yehonatan Geffen Yehonatan Geffen ( he, יהונתן גפן; 22 February 1947 – 19 April 2023), also known as Yonatan Gefen, was a prominent Israeli author, poet, songwriter, journalist, satirist and playwright. Early life and education Geffen was born in ...

and performed solo recitals across the continent. In 2005, Dunietz enrolled at the

Royal Conservatory of The Hague The Royal Conservatoire ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium, KC) is a conservatoire in The Hague, providing higher education in music and dance. The conservatoire was founded by King William I in 1826, making it the oldest conservatoire in the Netherl ...

, The Netherlands, and studied composition with

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Givol Choir

Givol Choir also participated in the production of ''Garinim'', an experiential theater piece directed by Ariel Efraim Ashbel and musically composed by Dunietz. The play received awards for best play and best music in the 2003

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. As a director-composer duo, Dunietz and Ashbel created and continue to create stage pieces, art performances and installations internationally.

Bands

Since 2000, Dunietz has appeared in various bands as a band member or guest singer/player/arranger. Notable projects include the Midnight Peacocks, Eatliz, Boom Pam, Oy Division, Pezz, Malox,

Rona Keinan Rona (Aharona) Rachel Kenan ( he, רונה קינן, born 26 July 1979) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. Biography Kenan was born on 26 July 1979. Her father is the late Amos Kenan and her mother is the scholar Nurith Gertz. She was attracted to ...

, Noam Rotem, Cheveu, and Habiluim - with whom she continued to play up to the band’s break-up, in 2014. Between 2000-2003, Dunietz toured Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Scandinavia with the ''Women’s Voice'' project led by

Malika Makouf Rasmussen Malika Makouf Rasmussen (born 27 February 1965 in Algiers, Algeria) is a Norwegian/Algerian/French composer, musician, music producer, curator and philosopher. Early life Rasmussen was born 1965 in Algiers, Algeria, to Algerian-French-Norwegia ...

. During that time, she was introduced to the concept of

joik A joik or yoik (anglicised, where the latter spelling in English conforms with the pronunciation; also named , , , or in the Sámi languages) is a traditional form of song in Sámi music performed by the Sámi people of Sapmi in Northern Europe. ...

- a unique form of cultural expression of the Sami people in Sápmi, Northern Europe. A joik is the evocation or depiction of a thing through voice (as opposed to a song, which is about that thing). This concept deeply influenced Dunietz and it resonates with her work ever since.

Free improvisation and experimental music

In 2004 Dunietz began a new musical practice of free improvisation, deeply influenced by the values of this musical practice. She approached clarinet player, painter, and poet

Harold Rubin Harold Rubin (13 May 1932 – 1 April 2020) was a South African-born Israeli artist and free jazz clarinetist. Life and career Rubin was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 13 May 1932. He attended the Jeppe High School for Boys and received ...

and began a collaboration that lasted until his passing, in 2020. The duo’s home venue was at The Left Bank in Tel Aviv, where they played hundreds of improv concerts collaborating with numerous local and international artists. The duo also performed at the FMP Total Music Meeting in Berlin. Dunietz later recorded two albums of free improvisation music - one in trio with Yoni Silver and Harold Rubin (''Mono Musical Suite for Three Manic Musicians''), and one with

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and

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(''Cousin It''). Dunietz continues to play free improvisation concerts worldwide with various collaborators. Previous collaborations include:

Evan Parker Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ja ...

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Alvin Curran Alvin Curran (born December 13, 1938) is an American composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and writer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and lives and works in Rome, Italy. He is the co-founder, with Frederic Rzewski and Richard ...

, Ghedalia Tazartes, Lori Goldstone, Fritz Welch, Michelle Guay,

Okkyung Lee Okkyung Lee (born 1975 in Daejeon, South Korea) is a South Korean cellist, improviser, and composer. Lee moved to Boston in 1993, where she received a dual bachelor's degree in Contemporary Writing and Production and Film Scoring (Berklee Colle ...

, Tom White, Nino Biton and The Magreb Orchestra,

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, Shahad Ismaily, Toychestra USA, David Moss, Bari Saharof,

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, Boom Pam,

, Yedo Gibson, Marcio Mattos, Yuka Yamamoto,

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, John Butcher,

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, Assif Zahar, Ravid Kahalani,

Desert Blues Tishoumaren (ⵜⵉⵛⵓⵎⴰⵔⴻⵏ in Neo-Tifinagh script) or assouf, internationally known as desert blues, is a style of music from the Sahara region of northern and west Africa. Critics describe the music as a fusion of blues and rock ...

, Guillaume Villtard, Neil Davidson, Johnny Chang, Ana-Maria Avram, Hildur Gudnsadottir,

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, Daniel Higgs,

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, Veryan Weston, Tania Chen and more.

Compositions

Dunietz’s compositions include solos, choir, ensemble, orchestral and electro acoustic works. She utilizes various writing techniques including graphic scores, text scores and more. In her compositions, she explores micro-tonality, natural harmonics, and open scores, continuously experimenting with new tools and techniques. Dunietz’s compositions were commissioned and performed by Saar Berger (Ensemble Modern), Ansamblu Hyperion La Ateneul Roman, ''Reflex Ensemble'', ''Meitar Ensemble'', ''The Tel Aviv Art Ensemble'', ''Bat Kol Choir'', ''The New Ensemble'', '' 21st Century Ensemble'', Mannheim Festival, ''The GIO'', ''The East-West Orchestra'', ''Shalem Broken Instrument Orchestra'', Tectonics Festival Iceland, ''The Voice Studies tape series'' and more. Recent selected pieces include - ''Hai Shirim'' - an 18 song song cycle for choir and ensemble in Arabic, ''Figaro’s Dream'' - a solo piece for French Horn, ''Broken'' - for an orchestra of broken instruments and regular orchestra, and ''Chikos'' - a performative piece created in collaboration with Ariel Efraim Ashbel for two performers, two cellos and piano. Dunietz composed for films and theater plays, among them an original children's choir piece for ''Zamach'', a film created by artist

Yael Bartana Yael Bartana ( he, יעל ברתנא; born 1970) is an Israeli artist, filmmaker and photographer, whose past works have encompassed multiple mediums, including photography, film, video, sound, and installation. Many of her pieces feature polit ...

which premiered in The 2011 Venice Biennale. In 2010 Dunietz took part in an ensemble concert playing compositions by Iancu Dumisterscu and Ana Maria Avram, as pianist and flutist. Their music influenced her greatly and this event ignited a deep friendship. Dumitrescu and Avram invited Dunietz to compose pieces for Hyperion ensemble and also play in the group (Olive Tree, 2011, premiered at

George Enescu Festival The George Enescu Festival (also known as George Enescu International Festival and Competition), held in honor of the celebrated Romanian composer George Enescu, is the biggest classical music festival and classical international competition hel ...

, Bucharest, God Ink, 2012, premiered on Hyperion ensemble EU tour) and plays in the ensemble on various occasions.

Exhibitions

Maya Dunietz presented solo exhibitions at

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...

, Paris (2018), Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille (2018), CCA Tel Aviv (2015), The Wave Cave Gallery, Los Angeles (2015), The Artists Residence, Herzelia (2021), Her upcoming solo exhibition of sound installations will open at

Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts is located in the Old Market Historic District of downtown Omaha, Nebraska, at the corner of 12th Street and Leavenworth Street. In addition to an international artist-in-residence program, Bemis Center hosts tem ...

, Omaha in 2022. In 2017, she was a guest artist at the

Cité internationale des arts The Cité internationale des arts is an artist-in-residence building complex which accommodates artists of all specialities and nationalities in Paris. It comprises two sites, one located in the Marais and the other in Montmartre. Approximately ...

in Paris. Her work Thicket is part of the permanent collection at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Selected group exhibitions include: Airsculpture1 (2013), Arnolfini Center For Contemporary Arts, Bristol, curator: Alastair Cameron, Friday (2011), “On the Road to Nowhere” exhibition, Ashdod Art Museum, Ashdod, curator: Dr. Aya Lurie and What's the Connection between Kung-Fu and Ice-Cream? (2007), Hapzura, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, curator: Eyal Danon.

Performances

Dunietz’s performance projects are diverse in format and approach and range from slight gestures expanding the rules of a ceremony in a concert hall (''Six Waves 2013'') to mass crowd participation performances (''Kebab 2004''). She often creates location-based multimedia systems (''Kurzstrecke 2012'', ''Boom 2014''), Her performances include commissions by

Palais de Tokyo The Palais de Tokyo (''Tokyo Palace'') is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to ...

(''Boom'' - video projection, electronics, voice, piano 2014), Ausland Berlin (''Kurzstrecke'' - installation, performance and publication 2012), Tectonics Festival Iceland - Harpa center (''Open Mic Knight'' - installation and performance 2012), Hateiva (''Chikos''- collaboration with Ariel Efraim Ashbel - performance 2009). Nature and mediums of her performative events vary according to circumstances.

Performed repertoire

As pianist and singer mostly, Dunietz has performed a wide repertoire, including world premieres of pieces by Erel Paz, Kiki Keren Hoss, Keren Rosenbaum,

Dieter Schnebel Dieter Schnebel (14 March 1930 – 20 May 2018) was a German composer, theologian and musicologist. He composed orchestral music, chamber music, vocal music and stage works. From 1976 until his retirement in 1995, Schnebel served as professor of e ...

- notably his song cycle ''Liebe - Leid'' (2013) which was composed for her,

and Ivana Kiss. Performed repertoire also includes collaborations such as duo with pianist

(Compositions for two pianos by

Morton Feldman Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School ...

, King’s Place, London 2012), The 21st Century Ensemble and Noa Frenkel (''N’shima'' by Ianis Xenakis, Hateiva, Jaffa 2014), Frank Denier and the Iceland symphonic orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov (''Music for 13'' by John Cage, Tectonics festival, 2012) and more.

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

In 2013, Dunietz initiated and directed a unique tribute project to

as part of the Jerusalem Season of Culture. It included the first-ever publication of Guebrou’s piano pieces in a music sheet book and a series of concerts performed by Dunietz and international musicians, presenting Emahoy’s abundance of celebrated compositions created over 90 years. Dunietz has been performing recitals of Emahoy’s music around the world in venues and festivals such as: Counterflows Festival (Glasgow), Clandestino Festival (Sweden), Café Oto (London), Tectonics Festival (Oslo), The Wulf (LA), Le Guess Who? Festival (Netherlands) and La Gaite Lyrique (Paris).

Reviews

Dunietz enjoys public and critical acclaim as an original musician. Despite a strong background in Jazz and classical music, as well as funk, punk and rock, she prefers to push the envelope and engage in musical experiments far from the mainstream, even at the cost of appealing to limited audiences. "Despite her charisma and extrovert personality, it seems that... Dunietz will not sell many copies of her work. her alternative avant garde style will not buy her wide popularity. Her commitment for ongoing personal musical experimentation and the lack of boundaries in her work may not buy her commercial success, but definitely make her a great artistic promise" (Assaf Levanon, ''Haaretz''). The attempt to position Dunietz in a concrete musical genre is bound to fail. She is active in Jazz, rock, funk, polka – both classical and avant garde, both local and international. A prominent musical critic, Ben Shalev, wrote about her: "Free or standard jazz, pop, salsa, blues, boogie woogie, modern classical music or heavy metal – in all these worlds young pianist and singer Maya Dunietz feels at home". About her performance at the Piano Festival, Nadav Holander (''Maariv'') wrote: Maya indeed made a statement, in an excellent tribute recital to the great American pianists of the early 20th century. Her comprehensive research work, her absolute command of the piano, and even her blackened face, turned this performance into the perfect closing act." Her trio Improv album ''Cousin It'' was greatly received with quotes like "Dunietz, ...one of Israel’s leading musicians in new music and a unique pianist who makes use of the whole piano improvisation history being able to quote the style of almost every great jazz pianist from Cecil Taylor to Marilyn Crispell or even Keith Jarrett. Certainly her approach is clearly post-modern avant-garde, but her playing can also be humorous, tender and abrasive – a unique player in other words." And "Dunietz is one of the leading voices on the Israeli alternative scene, capable of freely improvising on piano and many other instruments, playing in art-rock outfits, and singing and leading choirs. She is also gifted with a sharp sense of dadaist humor; it is clear that this humor and her affinity to invent and test boundaries are characteristic of her playing in this format."

Awards

* Tel Aviv Municipality and Rabinovich Foundation – Givol Choir * 2003 Best Soundtrack – ''Garinim'' –

* 2021 Best Original Score – ''That Orchestra With the Broken Instruments'' – Israeli Documentary Film Awards

Discography

* 2005 Midnight Peacocks, ''It's a Brutal Machine'', Earsay * 2006 Habiluim, ''Bereavement and Failure'', NMC * 2006 Midnight Peacocks, ''Three'', Earsay * 2008

, Yoni Silver, Maya Dunietz, ''Mono Musical Suite for Three Manic Musicians'' Levontin * 2008 Boom Pam, ''Puerto Rican Nights'', 8th Note * 2009 Ori Mark, ''Don't Talk about Sex'', 8th Note * 2009 Itamar Rothschild, ''Itamar Rothschild'', Hed Artzi * 2011 Maya Dunietz, John Edwards, Steve Noble, ''Cousin It'', Hopscotch Records * 2012

/ Ana-Maria Avram, ''Live in Israel'', Edition Modern * 2013 Habiluim, ''Escalation Hora'', independent release * 2014 ''Alastor: The Book of Angels Vol. 21''; Eyvind Kang * 2014 Cheveu, ''BUM'', Born Bad Records * 2015 ''Voice Studies 18'', My Dance The Skull * 2016 ''Usurper with Alex Drool, Maya Dunietz, Eran Sachs and Ilan Volkov'', Tutore Burlato * 2017 Ghédalia Tazartès + Maya Dunietz,''Schulevy Maker'', Holotype Editions * 2017 Maya Dunietz and Tom White, ''Summer Crash'', Singing Knives * 2021 Free The Dolphin, Raw Tapes * 2021 Five Chilling Mammoths, independent release

Film scores

* 2011 ''Red Nose'', directed by Eldad Prives * 2011 ''Zamach'' (theme song), directed by

* 2016 ''Made like a gun (Palsar Himalaya)'' directed by Eldad Prives

References

External links

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