Pay attention to Sofia Borges
In the artistic path of a musician there is a moment when it is possible to merge the discoveries made on the instrument (the so-called exploratory or experimental phase) with the improvisational approaches. The...
Pascal Niggenkemper: blòc
One of the fundamental principles animating much 21st century music, whether improvised or composed, is the creative integration of an expanded field of sound or sound-producing gestures into the basic fabric of the work....
Luca Perciballi and Ivan Valentini’s “Letting Things Follow Their Lead”
Room Music
A freely improvised performance doesn’t exist as a work until it’s finished in real time; in a way it’s analogous to a narrative that has no definite meaning until it reaches that point...
Contemporary flute and piano: a range of action and 10 pieces to survive
Bruno Mantovani stated that writing a score for an orchestral instrument in combination with a piano was one of the most difficult things to manage; it was a difficulty that arose in the sclerotization...
Edges, free forms, waves and whales: Setola’s new CDs
My thoughts about some new releases from Setola di Maiale.
Francesco Fornarelli / Andrea Massaria / Marcello Magliocchi -Urban Edges-
The music on Urban Edges, an album recorded in Bari by the trio of Francesco Fornarelli...
Focus on Margaux Oswald
Free improvisation owes much to human philosophy. For example, if you take Escher’s poetics, you will find that the famous engraver was constantly projecting impregnable and uncertain situations, as many musicians have done; Escher...
Two types of absence and six mementi
Some thoughts about three new Setola di Maiale's CDs:
-Massaria/Kneer/Hertenstein: The Absence of Zero
-Mario Cianca Trio: Komuso
-Donatello Pisanello: Mementi
The Absence of Zero is the title of a long poem by Canadian poet R. Kolewe, published...
Marlies Debacker’s first solo piano: focus on Shimmer and a conversation with her
In free improvisation there is already a conspicuous literature addressed to musicians who are heavily immersed in the interior of the piano. Recent examples of explorations managed by seeking a massive accommodation in the...
Authenticity, scenarios and movement: a dialogue with Harri Sjöström
Keepers of so-called "good taste" should always improve their interpretations when evaluating a painting and should abandon their prejudices. Let us take, for example, Nude Descending a Staircase no.2, the great painting by Marcel...
Impermances, reworkings and voices’ pandemonium
Some thoughts on three new CD of free improv:
-Ana Kravanja & Elisabeth Harnik: Vrtinci Minljivosti (Vortices of Impermanence), Creative Sources
-Cory Smythe: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Pyroclastic Records
-VocColours: 66, Tonkunkst Manufaktur
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Since last year, Slovenian...
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Il Music Unlimited festival a Wels
Prende il via domani uno dei principali e storici festival europei di improvvisazione. A Wels, città austriaca situata nella zona bavarese del paese, per...
