Maya Dunietz (born 1981 in Tel-Aviv) is a composer, performer, and sound artist. She investigates the interconnections between music, visual art, performance, technological research, and philosophy.
Her works are commissioned by renowned performers and ensembles and she has created site-specific sound installations and performances for institutions including
Palais de Tokyo Paris, Arnolfini Gallery Bristol, Reykjavik Arts Festival, and more. Her sound piece
Thicket is in the collection of The Centre Pompidou. Dunietz performs the music of Emahoy Tsegué and other composers, as well as free improvisation concerts and collaborations (with
John Zorn, Mike Patton,
Evan Parker, Cheveu,
Roscoe Mitchell,
John Tilbury, Habiluim...) around the world.
In 2015, Dunietz was a guest professor at California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles as part of the Schusterman residence program and in 2017, she was a guest artist at the Cité internationale des arts. In 2018, Dunietz had two solo exhibitions at The Centre Pompidou, Paris and at Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille. In 2019-2020 Dunietz was in the exhibition
Confined with Time in Jaffa and created a new site-specific installation for the Botanical Gardens in Jerusalem for
Back to Nature curated by Hadas Maor.
