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Find an object that represents for you an important memory of a significant person in your life. Put yourself in front of the object, whispering in a (also in non-language) an important thing that you want to convey to this person, also something that you have never been able to tell before.
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Audio Control Turn on Yuval's sonic flow
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The photographic series connected to Mountain Echoes are not conceived as documentary records, but as autonomous visual works emerging from the same process of listening, immersion, and encounter that defines the project as a whole.

Taken during extended periods of field research across the Valtellina region, the photographs capture fragments of a territory in which landscape, human presence, and sound are inseparable. Faces, hands, interiors, tools, animals, and landscapes appear suspended in a state of attentive stillness.

They translate the act of listening into visual form. The camera becomes a resonant surface, sensitive to the subtle relationship between bodies and environment, between voice and matter, between memory and place.

Resisting panoramic rhetoric, the images focus on the intimate scale of encounter. Each photograph functions as a visual echo, carrying traces of voices, dialects, and gestures that are not directly visible but deeply present.

Together with the sound sculptures, the photographic series form a silent counterpart to the sonic dimension of Mountain Echoes, expanding its perceptual field and revealing the mountain not as landscape, but as a living archive of relations and shared time.

10 photographic series, Valtellina, Italy, 2025

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Massive Sonic Works:

/ˈmæsɪv ˈsɒnɪk wɜːrks/

Large-scale performances using collective participation to create powerful sound masses.

Yuval Avital’s “Massive Sonic Works” or “Opera di Massa Sonora” involves the creation of large-scale performances that utilize collective participation to craft a unique sound experience. These works focus on forming powerful sound masses through the collaboration of numerous performers, exploring new possibilities through sound rituals. The compositions often include graphic visual elements, written music, and easy-to-read instructions to allow interpretation by individuals without prior musical experience. This approach, sometimes involving hundreds of participants, aims to create what can be described as “crowd music.”

Some key works in Avital’s repertoire include:

– GARON (2012): An opera for 45 bass tubas do, percussions, and a crowd of performers.

– KARAGATAN (2013): A composition for 100 gongs and bamboo in the Philippines.

– REKA (2014): Commissioned by the Warsaw Autumn Festival and co-produced by the MiTo festival in Milan, involving traditional singers from unique cultures such as Tibetan, Zulu, Sardinian, Mongolian, and Samarkand traditions.

One of Avital’s significant compositions is MISE EN ABÎME, a milestone work that marks the beginning of his “Massive Sonic Works” series. Premiered in 2011, this composition involves a large ensemble of 100-200 non-musician vocalists, accordions, bass tubas, soprano, bass clarinet, percussions, didgeridoo, and conductors directing the performance in an immersive setup.

Another notable work is URLA, an immersive sonic experience with over 300 performers, showcasing diverse musical traditions in Matera, Italy. This piece combines traditional elements with modern instrumentation, theatrical actions, and innovative technological approaches, reflecting Yuval Avital’s interdisciplinary and transcultural artistic vision.

Yuval Avital’s creations blend complexity, cultural diversity, and technological innovation to create immersive and participatory sonic experiences that push the boundaries of traditional music composition and performance.