SAADI DAFTARI (CA)
Unhomed (2024)
acusmatico 12’23” – CRM | MA/IN

ARNAU GRAN ROMERO (ES)
Songs to be burnt n°1 (2004)
acusmatico 09’05” – CRM | MA/IN

DIMITRIS SAVVA (CY)
Tranglitchuilizer_sabe_28523 (2024)
acusmatico 08’43” – CRM | MA/IN

SAADI DAFTARI (CA)
Unhomed (2024)

Unhomed is a quasi-narrative multichannel acousmatic piece informed by the experiences of bodies in movement, of migration and displacement. It examining questions pertaining to the trauma of leaving home behind, the violence of displacement, the assimilation and the fragmentation of identity and the realities of the double consciousness, of being here and there at once. It is composed to create a dichotomy between a fleeting past whispering in the back, and an ever-approaching present in the front. Two stories that make up the same history, clashing yet eventually merging into a single history.

ARNAU GRAN ROMERO (ES)
Songs to be burnt n°1 (2004)

Electroacoustic composition exploring the dark universe of Isidore Ducasse's work, "The Songs of Maldoror". This piece draws its inspiration from the following words, acting as a preliminary introductory warning to a sonic realm characterized by the monstrous. From a poetic standpoint, this work strives to recreate the multifaceted and psychologically complex aspects defining a character deeply rooted in darkness. In this reality filtered through a disturbed mind, the use of the quotation as compositional material or, more specifically, the recognition of the materiality used holds paramount importance, allowing us to observe how darkness infiltrates and distorts a familiar sonic entity.

DIMITRIS SAVVA (CY)
Tranglitchuilizer_sabe_28523 (2024)

It is a work created exclusively from a 10-second extraction from a live-electronics performance co-created with the Asabe Ensemble in Corfu, Greece. Aesthetically, this composition delves into sound synthesis methodologies and explores glitches, yet it deviates from traditional synthesis techniques to embrace acousmatic music composition practices. This reflection extends to an existential level, experimenting and exploring the idea of creating hectic, fast, intense, and disturbing music that could function as a homeopathic remedy for the frantic pace of everyday life and the tumultuous processes of existence and self-discovery.

SAADI DAFTARI (Canada)

Saadi Daftari is a researcher and a sound/video artist currently completing a Master’s Degree in Music Composition and Sonic Creation under the supervision of Nicolas Bernier at the University of Montreal. His research-creation draws on ways of thinking outside music to examine how sound art can investigate the knowledge production qualities of sound. He seeks a sound art that is in active dialogue with the environment it is situated in and emerges from its relations. Saadi holds a Master’s Degree in Science and a Graduate Degree in Digital Music. His research-creation is partially funded by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

ARNAU GRAN ROMERO (Spain, 2001)
Arnau Gran i Romero began his studies at the Conservatory of Girona (Piano, Cello and Harpsichord). In 2019 he began his composition studies at the CRR de Paris with José Manuel López. In 2020 he obtains the DEM of Composition of the CRR and Degree in Musicology with the specialization in Computer Assisted Composition; in 2022 he obtains a Master's Degree in Music Theory and Practice specialized in Electroacoustic Music at University of Paris VIII and he joins the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) in the Composition and New Technologies courses. During these years, he has composed for a wide variety of ensembles such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain, l'Itinéraire, ecc.

DIMITRIS SAVVA (Cyprus, 1987)
Dimitris Savva is an electroacoustic music composer, sound artist, researcher, and educator. He received his Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees in Electroacoustic Music Composition with distinction from the Ionian University, the University of Manchester, and the University of Sheffield, respectively. His compositions have been performed at a total of 88 international music festivals and have won prizes in prestigious competitions such as Metamorphoses 2012-2014-2018, Iannis Xenakis 2018, and SIME 2019. Ten of his works have been published on important collective records, including Metamorphoses 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2020.