About this Track
- Added on 21 December 2021
- Description
For amplified string quartet and live video
Duration ca. 9 min
Composition: Helga Arias
Live Video: Ross Karre
International Contemporary Ensemble:
Sonic Matter Festival, Zurich. 02.12.2021
Josh Modney Vn
Jennifer Curtis, Vn
Rosa San Martín Valdor, Vla
Michael Nicolas, Vc
Sound recording by SRF 2 KulturThis piece was entirely conceived and written during the pandemic, as a mean of enabling the creation of a work over long distance and without direct interaction between the participants.
Despite being a string quartet, the composition focuses on the individualities of each performer rather than seeking a common "string" sound.
To this end, the concept includes a process of "unfolding" the personal and musical characteristics of each one of the performers, told through psychological, musical and skill tests.
The audiovisual material that compound the final work is a result of assembling information about each performer and their musical persona.
The whole process took place through collaborative apps such as zoom. The participants never met until few hours before the premiere. - Year of creation 2021
- Director None
- Tags string quartet
- 1770 plays
Helga Arias (Bilbao, Spain) started her composition studies at the RCSM Victoria Eugenia of Granada. She moved to Italy thanks to a scholarship to study composition with Mario Garuti and Javier...