In 2020, I had the amazing opportunity to be commissioned by Illuminate Women’s Music to compose a piece for amplified cello and piano, which has been performed by Ivana Peranic and Rachel Fryer across the UK during the last two months. Composers Sarah Westwood, Angela Elizabeth Slater and Blair Boyd work together on this fantastic…

Two of my compositions have been included in Bethany Younge‘s curatorial work for the amazing catalogue of Score Follower (Incipitsify’s YouTube channel). It is an honour that Just An Attempt To Dissipate, performed by Collective Lovemusic (➝ about the piece) and A Weightlessness Process (…or how to become ethereal), performed by Lola Malique (➝ about…

The Shimmer Beneath: A Scattering Attempt (2019), for cello duo, is inspired by an imaginary scene of light breaking through thick layers of dust with great difficulty. Dust has two different qualities in the piece. The first one is the initial timbral experience in which it is perceived as an almost solid and visible cap…

It’s an enormous pleasure to have the premiere of my piece and it comes like a piece of light through the dust, for solo bass clarinet, which will be online on December 19th 2020 at 8:00 pm (ETS) by the clarinettist Chuck Furlong as part of the Verdant Vibes Concert Series. This work is part…

I had the amazing opportunity to present part of my current compositional research at TIMBRE 2020 2nd International Conference on Timbre during the session of poster presentations on Friday 4th of September. This paper presents specifically the compositional approach of the piece Distorted Pieces of Something. Study on Light (when it rains), for soprano saxophone…

This solo cello piece is part of my research on mass as a semantic dimension of timbre, specifically from the concept of weight. I explore how weight can be constructed, built, created, controlled, morphed or conducted. Then, the only source of sound becomes multiple through the technical approach and preparation that work as extension of…

This composition is the third one in my study of mass as a semantic dimension of timbre, in which I explore the concept of depth as a spatial experience and its consequences in the perception of timbral mass. The title is a verse of the poem ‘The Wind Sleepers’ by Hilda Doolittle (HD) that I…

My first album has been released! It is an online compilation of my electroacoustic works from 2009 to 2017. KEEP ON BREATHING is the title of the first electroacoustic piece that I composed. It is also the title of this timbral exploration journey. These works were composed in different stages of my life, even in…

I have been commissioned by Collective Lovemusic to compose a piece for Soprano, Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, and Acoustic Guitar, which will be premiered in Strasbourg as part of the concert ‘Orologio di fuoco’ next January 17th at the National University Library of Strasbourg BNU. The composition is based on the experience of mass as…

Few months ago, I had a really good time talking with Robert McClure about my music and my experience as a composer. Now, it’s a pleasure to share our conversation for ADJ•ective New Music Podcast, Lexical Tones. If you want to listen to it, follow this link to SoundCloud: Lexical Tones 111. Michele Abondano