The work 'Ludi Mutatio' for piano and electronics consists of nine short movements that can be played in various orderings according to specific rules, hence its title 'Game Change'.
Compositional Technique
The string quartet 'Da Lontano' uses various mutes (metal, wooden, rubber) to create distinctive sounds and volumes, mimicking the experience of sound approaching and receding.
Composition History
The work 'Siray I' is part of a series inspired by tapestries woven by the Paracas people, a pre-Incan civilization from Peru, and 'Siray' means 'to weave' in Quechua.
Composer Biography
Composer Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann, born in Lima, Peru, emigrated to Brazil with his family in 1989 due to unrest caused by the terrorist organization Shining Path.
Composer Biography
Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann initially pursued a career as a violinist but stopped playing due to the effects of focal dystonia.
Performer Biography
Violist Kyle Armbrust, for whom the 'Partita for Solo Viola' was written, began playing the viola at age three and has performed with artists like Yo-Yo Ma and Herbie Hancock.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann's music combines twenty-first-century modernism with allusions to earlier repertoires, including Bach and the Second Viennese School.
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