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Elena Rykova: a hollow heart full of holes

for five voices and electronics

Development of the electronics in collaboration with Thomas Hummel

(SWR Experimentalstudio Freiburg)

(2024/2025)

»Memories are much tougher than you think. Just like the hearts that carry them.«

»My memories don’t feel like they were pulled from the root. Even when they fade, something remains. Like tiny seeds that might sprout again when the rain falls. And even when a memory completely disappears, something remains in the heart. A slight tremor or pain, a bit of joy, a tear.«

(Excerpts from Yōko Ogawa: The Memory Police. Kodansha, Japan. 1994)

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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