Giorgio Colombo Taccani: Watcher

Featuring

Carlo Boccadoro
Piercarlo Sacco
Paola Fre
Aya Shimura
Andrea Rebaudengo
Mirco Ghirardini

Sentieri Selvaggi
Giorgio Colombo Taccani

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Compositional Technique

Piazzaforte by Giorgio Colombo Taccani incorporates fragments of the anti-fascist song 'Siam del popolo gli arditi' as structural elements, though never directly quoted.

Composer Biography

Giorgio Colombo Taccani, the composer, holds a degree in Modern Literature from the University of Milan and won the 'Missiroli Prize' for his thesis on Bruno Maderna's Hyperion.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Giorgio Colombo Taccani often bases his compositions on brief fragments from diverse sources, including Schumann, Ravel, Gregorian chant, Duke Ellington, or rock music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

For the works Watcher, Crawler, and Winkler, composer Giorgio Colombo Taccani drew primary elements from 1970s progressive rock, specifically from songs by the British band Genesis.

Performer Biography

Sentieri selvaggi has collaborated with renowned international composers like Philip Glass and Michael Nyman, who have written pieces for the ensemble or entrusted them with Italian premieres.

Composition History

The piece Piazzaforte was composed by Giorgio Colombo Taccani for Piercarlo Sacco (violinist on this album) to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Piazza della Loggia massacre in Brescia, Italy.

Performer Biography

Sentieri selvaggi, the ensemble performing on this album, was founded in 1997 with the goal of making contemporary music accessible to a wider audience.