Viola & Electronics: The Voice of a Hybrid Being
Although traditionally used to fill in harmonies or double melody lines, the viola has become increasingly prominent as a solo instrument in modern and experimental settings. Part of its appeal is the relative salience...
Antonio Bertoni: 1/2 h(our) drama
Joseph Beuys holds a special place in the history of those human "meteors" who did not have the right weight: in the sixties the equivalent in Europe of the spectacular and unconventional art-pop of...
Sidsel Endresen | Jan Bang | Erik Honoré – Punkt Live Remixes Vol. 2
Norwegian Jan Bang and Erik Honoré are pioneering figures in live remixing, producers and the founders of the Punkt festival, a three-day festival of the Live Remix taking place in Kristiansand, Norway, since 2005,...
Michael McNeill – Barcode Poetry
American, Buffalo, New York-based pianist-composer-educator Michael McNeill’s projects range from reinterpretations of music by Thelonious Monk, the free improvising trio with veteran double bass player Ken Filiano and drummer Phil Haynes, and his Baltimore-based...
Sulle strade di Aristotele: le percussioni di Vasco Trilla
Spesso si ha una conoscenza sbagliata sulla provenienza di alcune percussioni abbondantemente usate dai musicisti. Prendete il caso dei gongs, per esempio, la cui origine sembrerebbe orientale: in realtà, le prime tracce della loro...
François Carrier: the Japan suite CD and an interview
Su Percorsi Musicali non si può dire certo che siano mancate le segnalazioni della musica del sassofonista alto canadese François Carrier. Da quando sono entrato in contatto in lui (parecchi anni fa), ho recensito...
On Christopher Trapani: ‘Horizontal Drift’ and a conversation
Really Coming Down, composition for electric guitar and live electronics from 2007, caused a rather important change in the artistic life of Christopher Trapani (1980), for several reasons. It is the first piece in...
Studio Dan – Walking Through a Brave New World – 8 Improvisations
The Viennese music collective Studio Dan has investigated the intersection of new jazz and contemporary avant-garde for the last two decades with commissioned works from radically different aesthetic fields. Walking Through a Brave New...
Ensemble Nikel: Radio Works
Ensemble Nikel is the quartet of American, Switzerland-based percussionist Brian Archinal, Israeli electric guitarist Yaron Deutsch (who teaches at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel), Swiss pianist and keyboard player Antoine Françoise and German...
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Peter Ablinger RIP
E' incommensurabile il contributo che Peter Ablinger (1959-2025) ha dato alla musica. Tutto ha un enorme valore nella sua vita e nel suo percorso...
