“Of course, it is presumptuous to “set Kabbalistic concepts to music”. Impossible. It was a subjective approach—I also countered things or asked questions. You don’t need to know anything about Kabbalah to hear or “understand” the pieces. In the end, they are just sounds. That’s the most important thing. The concepts were an inspiration for me personally; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to write these works in this way.

In view of the increasingly catastrophic state of the world, all the destruction and violence—one can imagine Walter Benjamin’s angel of history in this day and age—this artistic endeavour was perhaps also a source of comfort, retreat or support. (If only.)”

DA’AT (2024) for solo electric guitar. Only hands and the instrument (and foot pedals). The scordatura of the strings allows for special harmonic sound spaces. An inner knowledge. Who by fire, who by water. Dedicated to and composed for Yaron Deutsch.
(Sarah Nemtsov)