Conti's string quartets are described as dialogues between shadows, where lyricism often operates in the realm of harmonics and evokes landscapes with ruins.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Diego Conti, the composer, uses the string quartet genre to diagnose how our age, lacking memory, leads to a loss of identity.
Album & Artwork
The album cover features "Several Circles" (1926) by Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian painter and art theorist credited with painting one of the first purely abstract works.
Composer Biography
Diego Conti, the composer, studied at the Mozarteum Academy of Salzburg and had a prominent career as a violinist before dedicating himself to composition from 2003.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded using 24-bit digital technology, with Fabio Di Zio as the sound engineer and Loreto di Giovanni handling the editing.
Performer Biography
Officina Musicale, the performing ensemble, is a historic group founded in 1986 by Nino Carloni and has performed extensively in Italy and internationally, with a repertoire ranging from Mozart to Pousseur.
