En-he-du-an-na-me-en
In collaboration with Rosie Middleton, mezzosoprano*2019-20
for voice and electronics
“... a stunningly powerful work” ~
︎10th performance (Oct 2023)
Music in the Round, Woolwich Works, London UK
︎9th performance (Oct 2023)
Music in the Round, Guildhall, Portsmouth UK
︎6th, 7th, 8th performances (Oct 2023)
Birmingham Opera Company, Opera Lab at the New Street Station, Birmingham UK
︎5th performance (Jan 2023)
Iceland Dark Music Days, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík ISL
︎4th performance (Oct 2022)
Foundazione Isabella Scelsi, Roma IT
(staged in composer Scelsi’s living room)
︎3rd performance (Sept 2022)
Music in the Round, Sheffield UK
︎2nd performance (Jan 2022)
Iklectic Art Lab, London UK
︎Premiered (Jun 2021)
Nonclassical, Waterloo Festival, London UK
︎Previously programmed (for Jan 2020)
Iceland Dark Music Days, Reykjavík ISL
(Yet cancellation due to pandemic / restrictions on international travel)
*The electronics for En-he-du-an-na-me-en was created with input from improvisations by the performer which were conceived at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Music Residency, 2019.
︎Voice(less)
Comissioning Series
by mezzosoprano Rosie Middleton.
En-he-du-an-na-me-en premiere excerpts
from Nonclassical x Waterloo festival, June 22 2021, London UK
Filmography by Sasha Balmazi Owen. Audio editing, mix by Esin Gunduz.
Composer’s introduction before the work’s London premiere.
En-he-du-an-na-me-en*
* I AM Enheduanna
the prominent line that resonates with female-individuation
from the ancient poem “Exaltation of Inanna”
(inscribed on the tablet below)
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the prominent line that resonates with female-individuation
from the ancient poem “Exaltation of Inanna”
(inscribed on the tablet below)
Inspired by the text
“The Exaltation of Inanna”
by Enheduanna 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 ,
a Sumerian High Priestess, world’s first-known author writing in 2300 BCE,
“The Exaltation of Inanna”
by Enheduanna 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 ,
a Sumerian High Priestess, world’s first-known author writing in 2300 BCE,
En-he-du-an-na-me-en (2020)
explores the struggle and resistance
of a silenced woman
becoming resonant again!
Guided by interference and transformation,
Gunduz’s multi-layered recordings of Rosie Middleton’s voice
make up the electronics.
Audience journeys between
the character’s innermost sounds and
the outer limits of resonance.
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© 2020 Esin Gunduz
mezzo-soprano
Rosie
Middleton
“Voice(less)
is a series of commissions for voice and electronics,
exploring voice loss, voicelessness, and communication”.
︎Rosie Middleton
mezzo-soprano
︎Voice(less)
Commissioning Series
︎Contact ︎︎
© 2020 Esin Gunduz.
Composer | Vocal performer