Sinuosa… emergió desde el violeta (2020)

Bachelor’s Thesis Project (Final Work)

Awards:

First Prize, 5th International Composition Competition – Appassionato Ensemble (Como, Italy, 2021).

Second Prize, 3rd Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition (Mannheim, Germany, 2023).

Second Prize (Ensemble Category), Concorso Don Sante Montanaro (Casamassima, Italy, 2022).

World Premiere: 13 December 2021, Como, Italy.
Performed by Appassionato Ensemble: Ileana De Santis (flute), Irene Marraccini (clarinet), Davide Moro (violin), Umberto Pedraglio (cello), Federico Ceriani (piano).

German Premiere: 7 January 2021, ZfGM Festival, Leipzig, Germany.
Performed by: Marta Henriques (flute), Armin Khihel (clarinet), Ana Carmen Sánchez Bruno (violin), Hugo Paiva (cello), Mrika Sefa (piano). Conducted by Reinhard Schmiedel.

duration: ca. 12′

instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

Program note
A being walks along the silver shore of a turquoise planet’s coast, where calm, violet waters breathe. The air is dense, nearly liquid, and the dark blue sky is illuminated by green auroras. The shadow of a great condor flying overhead darkens the earth; the subsoil vibrates as the condor seeks to express something through its shadow.

The being gazes toward the horizon where a massive, mysterious wall stands in the distance. The being casts ashes into the sea—stardust from its own non-existent body. The wall begins to crack and crumble, giving way to sharp, thin rays of light that appear to be a timidly dawning sunrise. A thunderclap slowly lets an aurora fall, covering the being’s body. Undeterred, the being moves away from the shore… The wall collapses.

The work is structured in four movements:
I. Notturno
II. Oceanico e vasto. Nero
III. Arcaico
IV. Nevicante, celeste