the concert is a collab with Discreet Editions
performed by Lucie Nezri:
- 'ida for amy' (2017) by Michael Winter (Dutch premiere)
- 'en abyme' (2015) by Melaine Dalibert (Dutch premiere)
performed by Lucie Nezri and Clara de Asís:
- 'for siblings (tempered)' (2023), composed by Lucie Nezri with Clara de Asís on the guitar and Lucie on the piano.
performed by Clara de Asís:
- ‘Pillar of Salt' (2023) (Dutch premiere)
'for siblings (tempered)' is the first outcome of a long-term ongoing research revolving around Maghrebin-Andalusian classical music, specifically from Morocco and Algeria where my father's family is from. My initial wish for this research was to loosely integrate tuning systems, modes, as well as melodic and rhythmic patterns of Maghrebin-Andalusian music into my own practice, which is already grounded in rational tuning, algorithmic/probabilistic methods of composition, and open-form scores. My standpoint stems from a deeply personal yet rootless and rather abstract perspective. As a result, and necessarily, the piece 'for siblings (tempered)' ended up being distant from its original source of inspiration.
'Pillar of Salt' is a composition for idiophones, bells and electronics.From an audible account on ambiguity, it explores the potentiality of microtonal intervals, spectral blending and timbral affinity to articulate different levels of synergy, reciprocity and confusion between acoustic and electronic material in the physical and the psychoacoustic space.
The structure of the piece unfolds from a simple pattern up to accidental states with different levels of contingency. It juxtaposes compositional precision to systemic randomness.
