Corrado's harmonic writing style is based on two complementary series built on overlapped major sevenths, from which all chordal conglomerates and melodic figures are derived.
Performer Biography
Matthias Pintscher, who conducts the Ensemble intercontemporain on this album, was the music director of the ensemble from 2013 to 2023 and also studied conducting with Pierre Boulez.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pasquale Corrado's music draws inspiration from natural phenomena, literature (from Greek classics to Italo Calvino), and visual arts (from Raffaello to Basquiat).
Performer Biography
The Ensemble intercontemporain, featured on this album, was founded in 1976 by the renowned composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.
Composer Biography
Pasquale Corrado, the composer and conductor on this album, studied composition with Alessandro Solbiati in Milan and Ivan Fedele at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and also attended IRCAM in Paris.
Composer's Artistic Vision
A key feature of Corrado's music is the constant search for pulsation, derived from the physical phenomenon of diffraction, which involves the bending of waves around obstacles.
Performer Biography
The Ensemble intercontemporain was awarded the prestigious Polar Music Prize in 2022.
