The concert explores the possibilities of the combination of string instruments and digital elaboration of sounds; from simple amplification, that allows otherwise imperceptible sounds to surface, to extensive interaction of the electronic medium, that create a dialogue with the solo instrument, altering the very timbral perception of the acoustic sounds.
The collaboration between violin/viola d’amore performer Marco Fusi and composer/sound engineer Louis Goldford delivers a kaleidoscopic exploration of the interplay between strings and microphones.
Program
Jessie Marino
Remappings II (world première)
For solo performer
Louis Goldford
Travertine Hybrid #3
For violin and live electronics
Julie Zhu
Forest (French première)
For solo viola d’amore
Christopher Trapani
Tesseræ
For viola d’amore and live electronics
Brief intermission
Andrew Greenwald
A Thing is a Hole in a Thing it is Not (viii) for amplified violin
Zeno Baldi
Spikes
For viola d’amore, tape and freeze pedal
Louis Goldford
New work
For violin and electronics
Cosponsors
Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music; Columbia Global Centers | Paris; Department of Music, Columbia University; Columbia University Club of France; and Columbia Undergraduate Programs in Paris