JeanneArtemis

I have known Jeanne Artemis for many years now. Her unique music is like black magic, captivating the listener. She writes strong and very expressive music, at the same time rationally controlling the elements she uses for constructing the whole compositional form. I as a curator at the Tehran Contemporary music festival gladly had the premiere of one of her new orchestral pieces at the 2019 edition of the festival. Also as a teacher in composition, I suggested her music and her scores to my composition pupils many times.

Jeanne’s music is unique, full of energy and of rough, graceful beauty. Her works sound dissonant and microtonal, love to move in a polyrhythmic manner and weave unexpected sound shapes - powerful, almost brutal, but in equal measure soft and iridescent.

There is a deep, burning intensity in this work. Excellent piece.

Jeanne Artemis has captured abysmal sadness as well as the resistance of despair in the titular "Fenster".

Wenn man deine Partitur anschaut, man merkt, dass es eine komplexe Musik ist. Ich möchte sagen, dass das bemerkenswert ist, wie transparent du im besten Sinne des Wortes das beherrschst, diese Form von Komplexität.

Already from the beginning the composition Message II by Jeanne Artemis stood out sonically. The composer uses prolonged, e.g. flageolet sounds, which emerge and dissolve as if from nowhere - real music of immateriality.

This is a tremendous piece. It demonstrates great compositional skill and a vivid imagination, while packing a considerable emotional punch. The last several minutes in particular are an impressive display of the sonic assault that can be provided by five acoustic cellos.

A stroll through the works of Jeanne Artemis reveals a great diversity of compositional ‚settings’: in many places she presents herself as a refined experimenter, but at times she also chooses - seemingly - more conventional textures. A recurring motif, for all the diversity of her approaches, is the exploration of physicality in music.

... brilliant, enigmatic piece and transcended its mystical possibilities with stunning realities

Omgggg you are inspiring me so much right now