Piece composed for the False Relationships and the Extended Endings Ensemble
wit the financial support from UBS Culture Foundation.

Audio - Sebastián Zuleta
Video - Santiago Villar Martín / Musician’s Eye

The piece "unspoken" was commissioned by the "False Relationships and the Extended
Endings Ensemble" as part of the "Twisted Folksongs" project. According to the project's
premise, it is a composition inspired by the cycle of "Folksongs" by Luciano Berio.
Berio's work did not inspire me in terms of form or material used in the composition. Its
atmosphere evoked memories associated with my family home.

I come from a small mountain village where folklore was distinctly present. "Folksongs"
evoked associations with a dark forest, which despite its apparent silence, hides a
multitude of hidden mysteries, creatures, and lives. They are not audible, but they fiercely
fight for their survival.

It is not only the forest that is also full of legends and mysterious stories. In everyday life, there are many stories among us that everyone knows about, but no one wants to talk about out loud. Situations that go unresolved for years....