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In English, this project is called "Furtive Coral". Its concept, score, interpretation, light design and space arrangement were developed throughout a collaboration with Ricardo Jacinto e Yaw Tembe. Our trio formed in 2019 - when Diana Combo from Teatro do Bairro Alto (TBA) invited us to open their concert series - and it developed further with a show at Museo Vostel in Malpartida, Spain. We faced the opportunity as a stimulus to explore our creative convergences and divergences. The work process grounded on a common will: to discover a new musical idiom with invented and modified instruments, while considering that music involves vision and space, beyond audition. The configuration of these instruments motivated the development of compositional strategies, and vice versa. The work explores diverse ways of multiplying and confounding our identities, while shifting attention in-between performers, surrounding environment and other imaginary places. It drives perception through melodies of floating tonal centers, atonal moments, noisy dialogues and theatrical soundscapes.
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PODCAST interview in PT |
VIDEO TEASER promotion |
PHOTOS by Nuno Martins |
PHOTOS by Vera Mantero |
SCORE 3 x 1 = 1 |
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Ricardo extends the cello with Mx/Msp as well as with little loudspeakers attached to a gong, a piano and a tam-tam. Yaw extends his trumpet with suspended metal plaques and Pure Data patches. I play the zither and the AG#3 software, which processes audio samples - including sounds from the cello and the trumpet - based on pitch analysis from the zither input. Additionally, i use the light percussion instrument, which includes an audio-generator connected to a light sensor attached to a stroboscope. Each of us made one third of the composition and each used a different notation system reflecting their individual way of thinking about music. I felt the need of gluing all back together, hence i also translated the other systems into my own - as shown bellow. |
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Nuno Martins made beautiful pictures of a rehearsal at TBA, which also captured the details of our setup. |
| Nuno Martins made beautiful pictures of a rehearsal at TBA, which also captured the details of our setup. |
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And Vera Marmelo took beautiful pictures of the final show... |
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