sur les traces de la fissure (2018)

for baritone saxophone, violin, percussion and accordion

Concept Store Quartet

Alicja Pilarczyk
Nejc Grm 
Pablo González Balaguer 
Guillem Serrano

Premiere performance:

impuls festival | akademie 2019 - February 2019
February 14th, 2019 Graz, Austria
KUG. MUMUTH, György-Ligeti-Saal Lichtenfelsgasse 14, 8010 Graz

Other performances:

Kammermusiktag der Hochschule für Musik, Musik-Akademie Basel - January 19th, 2019
Basel Attacca Festival, Basel - June 15th, 2019
Finale des Concours Nicati 2019, Bern - August 31st, 2019

Sur les traces de la fissure is a chamber composition, written in 2018 for baritone saxophone, violin, percussion, and accordion. The work delves into intricate textures and sonic possibilities, exploring themes of fragmentation, continuity, and transformation themes. At its core lies a poetic and evocative concept: the music seeks to emulate the noisy frictions and turbulent air motion coursing through the fissures of the accordion’s voice system. This inspiration shapes the piece’s sound world. It guides its trajectory, crafting a vivid tapestry of sonic interactions where the instruments breathe, crackle, and resonate in dynamic response to one another. The shifting layers of noise and air-like textures evoke a sense of instability, as though the music itself is navigating and negotiating the boundaries of the fissure. Premiered by the Concept Store Quartet at the impuls festival (2019) | akademie in Graz, Austria, on February 14, 2019, sur les traces de la fissure offers a compelling exploration of acoustic phenomena and instrumental synergy, drawing listeners into an auditory experience where the sound emerges and evolves as if sculpted by unseen yet visceral forces.