Together with the National Oleksandr Dovzhenko Centre, we are announcing an open call for applications to participate in the third cycle of Envision Sound, the educational programme for film score composers. The programme, which includes a creative laboratory, lectures, networking, individual consultations with experts from the audiovisual sector, as well as evening film screenings with live music will run in Kyiv, from 20 to 24 January 2020.
Envision Sound 2019–20 is open to composers who want to improve their skill at composing film scores, widen their professional horizons and better understand the international audiovisual industry. Together with a project mentor, participants will look at opportunities and challenges in composing music for films and work on their own soundtracks for archive footage or Ukrainian films in production.
The list of mentors from previous years includes some of the most sought-after composers in the UK, like Michael Price (co-author of the soundtrack for BBC’s Sherlock and Emmy winner), Nainita Desai (composer for film and television as well as leading broadcasting companies like BBC HBO, ITV, С4; Music+Sound Award and BAFTA Breakthrough Brits 2016–2017 winner), Neil Brand (one the best piano improv film accompanists in the world), as well as Ukrainian composer Alla Zahaykevych (winner of the Ukrainian Film Academy Golden Dzyga for Best Composer).
For the first time in the programme, participants of Envision Sound 2019–20 will have the chance to record their music with the Kyiv Fantastic Orchestra as part of the creative laboratory. Watch a short video of the orchestra, under the guidance of conductor Natalia Stets, performing Neil Brand’s soundtrack to Hitchcock’s Blackmail in February 2019. Participants will have the opportunity to work with solo musicians too.
As always, after the programme is completed, we will offer grants to further support some of the projects developed by composers during the creative laboratory, together with the Dovzhenko Centre.
Envision Sound 2019–20 will be curated by Alla Zahaykevych.
‘We’ve built a fruitful working relationship with a great film director during the workshop, we are working with him on an amazing film right now, it’s already on imdb. Also, we got very useful advice from the mentors of the programme.’
Luka Lebanidze and Zviad Mgebrishvili, Envision Sound 2018–19 Georgian participants