Liburn Jupolli
Liburn Jupolli (born 11 December 1989 in Pristina, Kosovo) is an Albanian musician from Kosovo.
From the age of 12 he began to compose and to study music theory and composition taking private lessons in parallel with piano studies. Finished primary and high school of music in piano studies and 2 years of composition with prof.Zeqiria Ballata at the University of Prishtina. Since 2004 he has written music for theater,[1] film,animation, visual and conceptual productions[2] in the Balkans, and has written works for instrumentalists and ensembles from Kosovo and abroad. He also works on design and remodeling of new instruments, and since 2010 he finished in 5 original instruments.[3] Actually he studies composition in Paris at the "Jacques Ibert" Conservatory in the class of Stéphane de Gérando and electroacoustic composition at the CRR de Paris in the class of Denis Dufour. His music has been performed in Kosovo,[4] Danemark, France,[5] Germany, Italy,[6][7] England,[8]Finland>,[9]Estonia>,[10] Slovakia[11] and New York City.,[12][13]
Instruments
Octo
The Octo[14] is the 1st instrument built in collaboration between me and Ari Lehtela(luthier-USA/Finland) it features : 8 strings, 43 microtonal frets, 8 separate outputs.
Clossor
The Clossor is the 1st remodeled instrument it features work in external design,1 new option of pre-recording in cassette-mode mounted in the back part of the body fretless neck and soon a switchable bridge from bass to contrabass.
The Sentinel
The Sentinel is a 88 string amplified instrument played by a special keyboard system which utilises electromotors to vibrate the strings.
Nematocera
Nematocera is a 67 string amplified instrument and in a kind of microtonal, electric koto.
Stragonaal
Stragonaal is a percussive metallic, amplified instrument made out of several metallic bowls.It is played by strking as regular percussions and by bowing. This version is a 1st prototype of what the real on is going to be and it has less properties to it.
Works
Piano
- In Memoriam (2006)
- Sight of a Crypt (2007)
- Dance of the humanised Myrrh creatures (2007)
- Dead Circus (2007)
- Micro-suite en blanc et noir (2015)
Strings
- Eta Carinae (2006) for solo violin
- 3 Dadaist Dances (2009), for string trio
- Mali me vesh (2015), for Octo solo
Electroacoustic
- A world of Abel Dereck Black (2011)
- Svens first dream (2012)
- Malangt (2015)
Discography
With Om Quartet
- 2008 – Om Quatet Live at Prishtina Jazz Festival
With The Freelancers
- 2012 – N’Kuti
With Elektorati Intelektual
- 2014 – Demokoroacia EP
With Me T’Njofshem a.k.a. MTNJ
- 2012 – Shume Cica
- 2016 "Arc"
Dallendyshe N’Vullkan
Fingerling
Krejt familja jon Djalosha
Crystal Fire
Me ker
Reunion)Greatest Hits)
Mtnj 1085
Kingom of Electric Insects
Rroni nuk plaket
Hyper Multi
Panki me vi
Takimet e Franc Listtit me Take on me take me out
Ska sepse edhe pershkak
Prej Kosoves drejt n’Evrope
Live in Iceland
Po m’tingllon qysh po m’pelqen
Perfekto
Lightweight Temperaycher
Teko Sacke
Tom Entraintion
References
- ↑ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/picnic_on_the_battlefield_directed_by_florent_mehmeti
- ↑ http://old.zeri.info/artikulli/19449/selmani-flet-per-gjera-te-cuditshme-duke-ndodhur-ne-lagje
- ↑ http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/extended-range-guitars/152588-octo-microtonal-8-output-erg-ari-lehtela-liburn-jupolli.html
- ↑ http://www.damfest.com/pdf/DamFestPrishtina2008-EN.pdf
- ↑ http://alcome.fr/
- ↑ http://www.bjcem.org/xv-biennale-de-la-mediterranee-thessaloniki-rome-2011
- ↑ http://kosovotwopointzero.com/en/article/499/making-the-wrong-mistakes-liburn-jupolli-senad-jamini-at-the-biennale-mediterranea-16
- ↑ http://www.peter-sheppard-skaerved.com/2010/01/liburn-jupolli-eta-carinae
- ↑ http://koha.net/?id=4&l=77495
- ↑ http://koha.net/?id=4&l=77495
- ↑ http://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/353639/pohoda-dnes-ocakava-naval-ludi-pripravte-sa-na-najvacsiu-zabavu/
- ↑ http://www.voxnovus.com/NM421/issue/14-05-09.htm
- ↑ http://nycemf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NYCEMF-2014-Program.pdf
- ↑ http://koha.net/?id=4&l=43123
External links
- http://www.liburnjupolli.com/
- Kosovo Arts Website
- Koha Ditore Online Newspaper
- Center for Contemporary arts - Prishtina