JOÃO CASTRO PINTO (PT)
Circumsphere: to Bounce and Rebounce (2024)
acusmatico 9’ – CRM | MA/IN
ALEJANDRO ALBORNOZ ROJAS (CL)
Todo lo sólido se desvanece en el aire (2023-24)
acusmatico 10’45” – CRM | MA/IN
SIMONE SCARAZZA (IT)
Formazioni (2020)
acusmatico 8’30” – CRM
JOÃO CASTRO PINTO (PT)
Circumsphere: to Bounce and Rebounce (2024)
The piece that delves into the sonic richness of spherical objects, ranging from rubber and ping pong balls, to wooden / styrofoam spheres and marbles. Additionally, the piece incorporates sonic resonating elements, such as a Tibetan singing bowl and a wire fruit basket, where the balls were intentionally moved and recorded, with different speeds and dynamic densities. The spherical objects were also recorded on other surfaces such as glass tables, wood and tiled floors. The composition’s main aim was to create organic quasi-autonomous devices of kinetic energy, complemented by musical tones and gestures.
ALEJANDRO ALBORNOZ ROJAS (CL)
Todo lo sólido se desvanece en el aire (2023-24)
This work is part of a series in which emotional concerns and philosophical ideas are addressed in a very subjective way without my usual use of voice and text. Technically the piece explores sound gestures and textures by means of electronic sound synthesis its subsequent digital processing and few recordings of physical objects. The sound materials were composed during several deferred time sessions. As is usual in acousmatic composition, during the assemblage process, some additional sounds and motifs were created to connect other parts or to reinforce sonically certain aspects such as articulations, energy releases or to enrich the sonic colour.
SIMONE SCARAZZA (IT)
Formazioni
Figura elastica di certezza,
si muove in azione.
Dalla tela del silenzio affiora,
ma resta pur sempre
forma di fluida musica.
JOÃO CASTRO PINTO (Portogallo, 1977)
He started his activity as a composer & performer of experimental music, and as a sound and intermedia artist, in the second half of the 1990s. His production comprehends the domains of soundscape composition,
intermedia / visual arts, live electronics improvisation (solo and with instrumentalists), electroacoustic / acousmatic music and radio art. His work has been recorded and presented, in publications and concerts, all across America, Europe, Oceania and Asia. + info @ http://www.agnosia.me
ALEJANDRO ALBORNOZ ROJAS (Cile, 1971)
Chilean contemporary electronic music composer and performer, PhD in Electroacoustic Composition, University of Sheffield, UK. He studied Electroacoustic composition with Rodrigo Sigal and Federico Schumacher in Chile and Adrian Moore and Adam Stanović in the UK. He works on acousmatic and live electronics since 2004, he usually composes for theatre and dance pieces and his music has been performed in Europe, the
Americas and Asia. Currently is lecturer and researcher at the Music & Sonic Arts School at the Universidad Austral in Southern Chile. The central topics are the human voice, poetry, language, analysis in acousmatic pieces, and music closer to children and youth audiences.
SIMONE SCARAZZA (Italia, 1977)
Compositore, musicista e audio engineer. Si avvicina alla musica in giovane età, studiando pianoforte e poi contrabasso con Ares Tavolazzi (membro degli Area). Diplomato in Musica Elettronica presso il Conservatorio de L’Aquila. Relatore al Fifth International Csound Conference (Cagli, 2019) con il paper “Synthesis by Parametric Design”, esegue le proprie composizioni in diversi festival, tra cui: XIII Concorso Internazionale di Composizione (Udine, 2020), ElettroAQustica (L’Aquila, 2019), V.E.R-V (Venezia, 2018), Premio delle Arti (Avellino, 2017) classificandosi al secondo posto, Festa della Musica (L’Aquila, 2015), ArteScienza (Roma, 2015) e ElettroAQustica (L’Aquila, 2015).