lya Ziblat Shay is a composer, sound artist and a researcher based in The Netherlands.

His work combines interactive computer systems and live performance, and incorporates a set of digital and compositional tools including creative coding, audio synthesis, machine listening, computer-human interaction, graphic/open notation, and playing the bass.

He explores sound and structure with an experimental approach and an understanding of music as a co-authored and collective process. Searching for new means of expression that reach beyond the purely musical, Ilya approaches current world issues with a critical view and aims to map technological-political-ethical questions as augmented musical narratives (‘Breathtaking mangled messes … a volatile document of a volatile time’, Jack Davidson, Noise Not Music).

Ilya regularly collaborates with other musicians and ensembles. His work has been performed on numerous stages and festivals in Europe and abroad. He holds a PhD from Leiden University and is active as a researcher.