
Ricardo Nillni: Surface
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1/6Performer Biography
Ensemble Alternance, founded in 1983 by flutist Jean-Luc Menet, is a flexible group of soloists dedicated to exploring contemporary music alongside works from the past.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Ricardo Nillni is guided by the concepts of transparency, simultaneity, and depth of planes in his music, often starting from an atmospheric, dream-like impression.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ricardo Nillni's music is influenced by visual artists like Dan Flavin and Sol Lewitt, incorporating a 'vibratory geometry' rather than directly representing their works.
Compositional Technique
Ricardo Nillni's compositional process involves building music in successive layers, aiming to integrate 'parasites' and 'scoriae of sound' to manage incidents that become necessary.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ricardo Nillni aims for his music to be perceived as a living, self-constructing organism, starting from the concept of life itself.
Composer Biography
Ricardo Nillni, the composer, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1960 and later moved to Paris in 1987 to continue his composition studies.


















