Crucial Listening #102: Biliana Voutchkova

Reaching beyond our world, the thing in all its magnificence, the butterfly on your hand. The violinist, composer, improviser and interdisciplinary artist discusses three important albums.

Crucial Listening #102: Biliana Voutchkova
Photo by Francis Malapris

Reaching beyond our world, the thing in all its magnificence, the butterfly on your hand. The violinist, composer, improviser and interdisciplinary artist discusses three important albums.

Biliana’s picks:

Sofia Gubaidulina – Offertorium
Frances-Marie Uitti – Utopian Spaces
Rhodri Davies, David Sylvian, Mark Wastell – There Is No Love

Read about Biliana’s DUOS series here, and check out the releases on her Bandcamp – including the most recent instalment with Leila Bordreuil. She’s also on Instagram.

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Relevant to this episode is this documentation of Uitti and Voutchkova performing at DARA String Festival in 2020: