PREMIERE : Yoann Pisterman - La Colina

La Colina was inspired by warm memories of southern France and Italy, landscapes on a human scale, where everything feels gentle and close. It evokes the simple act of wandering, watching insects crawl along a sunlit earth wall by an old road leading to a small hill. The piece shifts focus from the large and dramatic to the quiet and small. It’s a response to a broader cultural tendency, in electronic music, experimental work, and visual art—where emotion often needs to be intense, dark, or disruptive to be felt. La Colina moves in the opposite direction. It challenges the listener to engage with tenderness and vulnerability, to reconnect with a childlike way of seeing: curious, sensitive, and open. Yoann Pisterman is a French sound artist and composer based in Berlin. Originally trained in visual arts, his practice began with drawn landscapes blending architecture and vegetation. Sound emerged in response and gradually became the core of his work. He describes it as “painting with sound.” His compositions move between ambient, kraut, electroacoustic, and experimental forms; balancing softness with density, surface with depth. A kind of childlike topography for deep listeners: light yet intricate, subtly shifting perception and sculpting space. His second full-length is set to appear on Hologram Opera in October 2025.