Quando l'an[I]ma è [S]atu[R]a: meaningless meandering for [Anit] (2013-14)

for amplified piano trio

Premiere performance:

Talea ensemble
Annual Columbia Composers concert series 2013-14
Italian Academy
New York City, USA

February 10th, 2014

Other performances:

Flame Florence Art Music Ensemble
Florence, Italy

September 25th, 2014

New European Ensemble
Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2015
Utrecht, the Netherlands

September 12th, 2015

New Music Edmonton 2015
Hear This Now Festival
Edmonton, Alberta – Canada

March 20th, 2015

“Quando l'anIma è SatuRa: meaningless meandering for [Anit]” is a piece for amplified violin, cello and piano finished in January 2014. The technical aspects of the music deal with fluidity and the sculpting of sound, means that aim to highlight a visceral and tactile gestuality. The fundamental principle of this work is the conception of structure as a potential byproduct of microscopic elaborations of the timbral and gestural dimensions of music. The stream of sonic energy results from a continuous, self-generated – without any particular reference to a formal scheme – “domino” process consisted of heterogeneous gestural and timbral elements that formulate shapes in the unfolding of the structure. Objects and gestures are generated in various layers, in an unpredictable way, depicting the gradual formulation of the structural shape of the piece. Therefore, every single parameter is interacting, producing “cells” that gradually spread out, communicate and connect each other, resulting to the formation of focal sonic/ harmonic moments and gestural interconnections, all combined generating the dramaturgical forces of the piece. The notion behind this approach is pertinent to my need for a stochastic comprehension of the behavior and/or the theatricality of either independent musical units or generalized structural moments throughout my music.