Pierluigi Billone: ITI KE MI & Equilibrio. Cerchio
5/19/2017, 2 Tracks, 1:06:59
Featuring
Marco Fusi
Pierluigi Billone
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Composer Biography
Pierluigi Billone, born in Italy in 1960, lives in Vienna and studied composition with Salvatore Sciarrino and Helmut Lachenmann.
Interpretation
The interpreter, Marco Fusi, believes that Billone's compositions modify the connotation of the violin or viola, bending them to the needs of the sounds they will produce.
Performer Biography
Marco Fusi, the violinist and violist on this recording, is a passionate advocate for contemporary music and has premiered works by composers like Billone, Scelsi, and Sciarrino.
Performer Biography
Marco Fusi has performed with renowned conductors such as Pierre Boulez and Lorin Maazel, and frequently plays with leading contemporary ensembles.
Composer Biography
Pierluigi Billone has received several international awards, including the Kompositionspreis der Stadt Stuttgart (1993) and the Ernst-Krenek-Preis (2006).
Compositional Technique
Billone's pieces often use specially built strings and non-traditional tunings (scordatura) for instruments like the viola and violin, which forces the instrument to vibrate in new ways.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at BlowOutStudio in Italy on December 21-22, 2016, with Luca Piovesan as the recording engineer, mixer, and masterer.
