Félicie Bazelaire – Otos
The strange phenomenon of the creative illness is something we sometimes find among artists. What is meant here isn’t the often-noted connection between psychological instability and artistic activity, but rather the creative response of...
Un simposio per il contrabbasso: le basi di una nuova era (parte seconda)
Alisei & Stefano Scodanibbio’s Poetics of the Double Bass
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In a recent piece I suggested that the contemporary equivalent or near-equivalent of the old Common Practice of functional harmony just might be found in the...
Robert Erickson’s Orchestral Colors: Auroras & Other Works
I lavori orchestrali di Robert Erickson sono importanti per il modo con cui incarnano molti dei principi della composizione timbrica elaborati nel suo libro "Sound Structure in Music". I quattro pezzi orchestrali raccolti sul...
Togetherness music: Alexander Hawkins at his best
On these pages, talking about the music of the English pianist Alexander Hawkins is becoming an increasingly frequent occurrence. There are two reasons for our interest, one linked to the quantity of ideas and...
Helmut Lachenmann: Schreiben/Double (Grido II)
Lately someone have complained of Helmut Lachenmann's inactivity, interpreting it as an exhaustion of ideas, a lack of will in dealing with the failure of the current contemporary music; the situation is also complicated...
Sérgio Carolino: Below 0
Those who have followed the artistic path of Sérgio Carolino know very well his eclecticism. The Portuguese artist is one of the modern interpreters of the tuba, one of the most appreciated in the...
Bertrand Gauguet / Didier Lasserre – Mehr
French alto sax player-composer Bertrand Gauguet often plays solo improvised sets, composes electronic music and soundtracks for dance, cinema and radio, and makes field recordings for radio broadcasts, films and live performance devices. He...
Christopher Shultis & the Experimental Music Tradition
The 1920s and 1930s were a fertile time for experimental music in America. Composers such as Henry Cowell, George Antheil, William Russell—and very soon after, John Cage—explored...