Author: Michele Abondano
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Estudio tímbrico de lo efímero y volátil
I am elated to share the recording of my piece ‘Estudio tímbrico de lo efímero y volátil’, for flute, clarinets, objects with live electronics, viola and double bass, composed very especially for SUONO MOBILE Argentina, and premiered at RESONANCIAS Jornadas de nueva música 2023 in Córdoba, Argentina. In the piece, both adjectives could suggest a…
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The Inner of Matter
‘The Inner of Matter’ is the first electroacoustic composition of a series of timbrescapes that responds to the hybrid possibilities between the creation of a timbral experience and the interaction with a particular soundscape; in this case, the Künstlerdorf Schöpingen. Here, the soundscape was recorded and electronically processed. Objects of diverse materials were collected to…
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Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
I have been selected as one of the fellows of the Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen 2023. During three months, I will be working on the composition of my first timbrescape, a low-tech multichannel electroacoustic piece interacting with the environment of the village. Furthermore, this residency will give me time to start the composition process of two…
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Breakdown
Breakdown is a mechanical failure. This idea of ‘malfunction’ is the main concept of the piece from a technical and aesthetical perspective. Both instruments (tenor recorder and oboe) are thought of as parts of a machine that is about to collapse. However, this composition also recalls a human emotional crisis, the overwhelming feeling of being…
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No Construction Is Whole
This is a composition for bass clarinet, double bass, piano and electronics, in which the acousmatic component is diffused through three mini-speakers attached to the instruments. The title is a reflection taken from the essay ‘A Cyborg Manifest’, written by Donna Haraway, which becomes the conceptual frame of a series of pieces I started to…
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Ibermúsicas Prize of Composition and Premiere of Work
It is an enormous happiness that my piece ‘Estudio tímbrico de lo efímero y volátil’ has been one of the winners of the Ibermúsicas Prize of Composition and Premiere of Work 2022, and I am so grateful to share this recognition with the wonderful ensemble Suono Mobile Argentina. It has been several months of intense…
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The Inconvenience of Loving a Flickering Creature
This composition for viola with amplification is an exploration of the fluctuation of light and its fragility as a timbral condition, something to be heard instead of being seen. Here, I am especially interested in discovering new technical possibilities to approach the viola, that is, the recognition of each of its parts from the diversity…
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One Is Too Few
One Is Too Few, for prepared piano, belongs to a series of pieces inspired by the essay ‘A Cyborg Manifest’ written by Donna Haraway, in which I propose a hybrid process that allows to explore the conceptual confrontation between organism-machine, physical-non-physical, and natural-artificial. In this case, the author explains how to be one is to…
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The Composition of Timbre: A Multidimensional Approach
After three years of intense work as a doctoral researcher at the University of Leeds, it is my pleasure to share with you the results. The PhD thesis is now available on White Rose eTheses Online, thus you can download the whole document as well as the scores of the pieces that integrate this research:…
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RECENT RECORDINGS
The recordings of the last two pieces that I composed as part of my PhD research are now available on SoundCloud. Both are focused on the study of texture as one of the semantic dimensions of timbre and explore the correlations between tactile, visual and timbral perceptual experiences related to rust and dryness. The Loneliness…