In Mani. Giacometti, performers often play on the wooden dampers and tailpiece of the instruments, causing the wood itself to vibrate, rather than just the strings.
Composition History
The work Mani. Giacometti for violin, viola, and violoncello was commissioned by SWR with support from the Baden-Württemberg Culture Ministry.
Performer Biography
Distractfold, a Manchester-based ensemble formed in 2011, was the first UK ensemble to win the Kranichstein Prize for Interpretation at the International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt in 2014.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Billone's music avoids carefully ordered clearness, instead making sounds seem wild and not enclosing or delimiting them.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The title 'Mani' (Italian for 'hands') in Mani. Giacometti refers to the tactile and haptic qualities in Billone's music, attributing a dimension of knowledge to the hand.
Composer Biography
Pierluigi Billone, born in Italy in 1960, lives in Vienna and studied composition with Salvatore Sciarrino and Helmut Lachenmann.
Composition History
The piece 2 Alberi for alto saxophone and percussion was commissioned by the duo scapegoat and funded by the Ernst-von-Siemens Foundation.
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