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By Matan Daskal, Shalev Nee’man, and the orchestra members, hosting Ohad Fishof

Duration

60 minutes

Number of performers

11 - 17

  • Conductor: Matan Daskal / Oboe: Mariona Godia / French horn: Ofer Etzioni / Trombone: Ma'ayan Milo / Harp: Tal Vaknin / Computer: Asaf Meidan / Percussion: Shalev Ne'eman, Gonene Rosenberg / Synthesizers: Yonatan Daskal / Voice and composition: Chanan Ben Simon, Anna Lann / Violins: Anya Doulov, Marina Buchta, Aviel Sulam, Tom Mitnitzky / Cello: Raphael Kabukalo / Double bass: Ofir Ben Zayon / Graphic design: Efrat Solomon / Photo: Malu Zayon

OTOTO

OTOTO is a 1-hour piece for an orchestra playing music in a circle, creating an imaginary futuristic tribe. Composer Matan Daskal uses a sign language inspired by "Soundpainting" which creates a hybrid between dancing and conducting, allowing a live improvisation with the musicians, converting the stage into a vibrant arena with unexpected behaviors. As in the previous pieces of Castle in Time Orchestra, the computer player sends his tentacles and manipulates all the acoustic instruments during the concert-giving them a dynamic electronic timbre. OTOTO contains extraordinary virtuosity solos which bring out the individual players, alongside mass group moments of a wide and big orchestral color. The piece is breaking down the word OTOTO, as it sounds and as it's written: The "O" represents long times, the breath, the open space. The "T" represents short times, the groove, and repeated rhythmic events. Like the word, the piece is divided into 5 parts: O, T, O, T, O and ends with a surprising musical dialogue with an outer-space time traveler.

OTOTO was created thanks to the generosity of Mifal Hapais and Beit Avi Chai and premiered in May 2018.

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Performed at Beit Avi Chai, International Exposure Festival at the Yellow Submarine, Barby TLV, and TLV Dance Festival at the Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theatre.

FROM THE PRESS

[ HEBREW ]

Shani Tamari, Israel Today

“The connection between the musicians and Daskal was so strong, you could imagine him sending them to float above the stage with a hand gesture. It created a unique mesmerizing experience of hypotonic chaos, broken but whole”

[ HEBREW ]

Gitit Ginat, Ha'aretz

“Castle in Time Orchestra looks like a huge animal, with many organs and breathing holes.”

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