Silence Talks by Michal Rataj at Echofluxx 12, Studio Trafačka, Prague April 2012

Silence Talks by Michal Rataj
Lenka Kozderková - flute, Michal Rataj - electronics
I was not really thinking of this Cage-like “silence” while working on this piece. What really attracts me about silence is the fact that it talks to me in a language I am not able to hear when not alone, quiet, calm, more or less concentrated. Silence talks when I want it to talk but, apparently, I can’t really decide what to hear while it talks - is it worse or better for me?
Michal Rataj composes electroacoustic and chamber/orchestral music which is presented throughout Europe. He is active as real-time performer of his acousmatic music giving solo performances and in collaboration others. He also works as radio art producer in the Czech Radio, Prague where he curates Radioatelier and the website rAdioCUSTICA. He is a member of the EBU Ars Acustica producers group and teaches composition at the NYU in Prague and other art schools.
See Echofluxx.org