IDAGIO | MARCO STROPPA: Miniature Estrose - Primo Libro per pianoforte d'amore 9120040735715

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Erik Bertsch
Marco Stroppa

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Composition History

The First Book of "Miniature Estrose" is part of a larger, still incomplete cycle, with the material for the entire work outlined from the start.

Composer Biography

Marco Stroppa, the composer, studied at MIT's Media Laboratory and was invited by Pierre Boulez to join Ircam in Paris, which was crucial for his musical growth.

Performer Biography

Erik Bertsch, the pianist, has collaborated with established composers like Ivan Fedele, Tristan Murail, Alessandro Solbiati, and Marco Stroppa, and has had new works written for him by young composers.

Instruments

Stroppa refers to the piano, as transformed by his compositional technique, as a "pianoforte d'amore," drawing inspiration from the baroque viola d'amore with its sympathetic strings.

Compositional Technique

Marco Stroppa's "Miniature Estrose" uses a complex system of resonances created by silently lowering and holding many keys with the sostenuto pedal, allowing their strings to vibrate freely.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stroppa believes music, and art in general, only makes sense within a social dimension if it aspires to create a community.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stroppa's fascination with the mysterious remains of almost vanished cultures, such as the Moai and Tangata Manu of Easter Island, is not ethnomusicological but rather a condemnation of colonialism.