My name is Tomer Damsky. I'm a nomadic composer, performer, sound artist, and choral leader (sort of) based in Barcelona. I work in and between the worlds of early music, folk, pop, metal, drone, experimental composition, and multimedia performances. I like to explore and combine voice, field recordings, electronics, improvisation, and ensemble dynamics, seeking live and unexpected oddities, which miraculously turn to a dramatically synchronized action. I work in collaboration with artists in the spheres of theatre, dance, video and installation as well as with my own bands and choir projects.
I'm also a researcher in the field of historical sound studies. After years of performing and composing I found myself in need of observation tools; while studying for a master's in musicology, I developed the already-existing obsession with ancient mystics and liturgy, and their sonic potential. These days I'm working on developing a vocal composition method inspired by (believe it or not) the spiritual literature of 16th-century Spanish Carmelite nuns, led by the unconventional figure of Saint Teresa of Avila. This is happening as part of my doctoral artistic research at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, Orpheus Institute (Ghent), and the Ruusbroec Institute for the History of Spirituality (UAntwerp).
I'm also a researcher in the field of historical sound studies. After years of performing and composing I found myself in need of observation tools; while studying for a master's in musicology, I developed the already-existing obsession with ancient mystics and liturgy, and their sonic potential. These days I'm working on developing a vocal composition method inspired by (believe it or not) the spiritual literature of 16th-century Spanish Carmelite nuns, led by the unconventional figure of Saint Teresa of Avila. This is happening as part of my doctoral artistic research at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, Orpheus Institute (Ghent), and the Ruusbroec Institute for the History of Spirituality (UAntwerp).
