PIANIST | COMPOSER | PERFORMER   
Projects by Marynka


Heights #432Hz

Heights & Depths - A video dance sequel, dedicated to the ups and downs in life, we face on a daily basis, uncontrollable by any force. Without the downs, the ups wouldn’t mean anything. Rise above. Sink below. Seize the day. 

Concept, performance and set design: Svetlin Velchev 
Music by: Marynka 
Composition: ‘Swan Cloud’ 
Cinematography: Sander Boutestein 
Drone: Luchtzinnig 
Transportation: Nikolai Penev MNFST 
Dance Productions / OT301 Amsterdam 2019


ECC Biënnale Venetië

Marynka takes part in the installation In Touch by the Dutch atist Tineke Smith at the prestigious European Cultural Centre Biënnale in Venetië. Tineke’s work uses natural materials and explores questions of intimacy, recycling of material and immaterial, connection and alienation. 

“For this installation we created a 'knitted' piano - a piano, covered with a woolen cover, which we sketched together and spent many evening hours to knit the parts by hand – slow process. "

Fashion design Tegin Fashion House

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    Marynka in Venice


    At the Contemporary Art Exhibition "PERSONAL STRUCTURES - Identities", organized by European Cultural Center at Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy from May 11 to November 24. 


    Marynka was invited to take part in the exhibition by the participating Dutch artist Tineke Smith. Tineke’s installation is named "Song of Songs. In Touch", and it’s all about tactility of the world we live in. For the installation the artists came to an idea of a “knitted piano”. Together they knitted a special cover for the piano, which changes the looks and the sound of the instrument. The grand piano was brought from The Netherlands to Venice, where it found it’s way to the boat, delivering it along the Grand Canal to the location, the Palazzo Bembo next to Rialto Bridge.  Piano was tuned to 432 Hz. 

     

    Marynka plays a number of concerts during the opening of the exhibition. In her intuitive improvisations she translates the wool work to music, gently piercing the listeners’ ears to reach hearts and ultimately reinforce their souls’ armor.   


    The opening concerts are between 9 and 12 of May. During the whole duration of the exhibition the piano will continue to “play”, as recordings of Marynka's music will be played back, as if the pianist has never left. 


    The shows in Venice present material from Marynka’s first album of solo piano works titled "Red Moon", which was just released by Orphono Records in NL.


    If you happen to be in Venice, you can come, listen or play the knitted piano yourself.

Odugen-Taiga, Huun Huur Tu song feat. Marynka

Odugen-Taiga - A traditional Tuvan song praising the beauty of Siberian taiga, it's reaches and it's magic. Performed by Huun Huur Tu with special appearance of piano enchanter Marynka Nicolai-Krylova. Filmed at the concert in LanternVenster, Rotterdam on January 13, 2017.
Solo Piano

Instant Music - Marynka introduced her own intuitive style of playing as instant music. She has explored playing the piano at the frequency of 432 Hz. This type of tuning loosens tension, frees the overtones and makes the piano sound more like a string instrument than a hammered one.
Performance Piano

The winged grand piano. This was part of the Black Garden, a three-day-long performance at La Mauln Jaune, Slava Polounin theater garden.
Tuvascape


This experimental pianistic soundscape is based on the repertoire of Choduraa Tumat (Tuva, Siberia).

Performance & Dance

This Cat’s Cradle - Dance performance combined a traditional dance with a butoh dance to create haunting, hypnotic results.



Bartenev - Birches in the Snow. This music and dance performance in Van Gogh Museum was inspired by Van Gogh’s painting Wheatfield with Reaper.




Malevich - This composition was a tribute to Malevich, performed live at the Van Gogh Museum.
Indian Raga

Raag Mala Suite is a collaborative work with Avi Kishna and Maxim Goldfinger. Marynka’s close encounter with the realm of Indian Raga’s resulted in a 5-piece composition for improvised performance. It was presented numerous times as a lying concert.   

Film & TV Composition

Marynka co-wrote the soundtrack to the short film “Doof en Dood”.

Theater

Completely at home on the stage, Marynka recently starred in the Holland Festival production ‘Before I Sleep’, directed by Tristan Sharps.
She regularly produces jingles and library music for a wide range of video projects.

For Children

Marynka ran these interactive musical workshops to help kids play, learn, create and express themselves.
Baba Jaga Russische Sprookjes - this pianistic radiophonic play is based on Russian Fairytales, inspired by the stories from Marynka’s childhood in Moscow.