Beyond the limits

14:00  “Approaches on cello technique and tradition since 1969”, presentation by Myriam García Fidalgo
14:45  “Materialities of Sound ”, presentation by Luc Döbereiner
15:30  Break
16:00  “Instrumental sound matter inscribed in instrumental sound gestures. A compositional approach through the limits and the possibilities of piezo-electric microphones”, presentation by Daniela Fantechi
16:45  “The role of the sound sources”, presentation by Davide Gagliardi

The technique of an instrument is constantly evolving, moreover, the literature for cello solo in the last century reflects an enormous development of the playing technique that expends vastly the possibilities of the instrument. In my presentation, I want to focus on some pieces that, in different ways, limit the chosen materials: from the detachment of the tradition in Helmut Lachemann’s “Pression” (1969) – that considers the cello a new and unexplored sounding object – to Francesco Filidei’s Gagliarda – that recreates a XV. Century dance using very limited percussive elements on a prepared cello – or Liza Lim’s Invisibility, that alters the sound of the cello by requiring an extreme scordatura and limits the resonance and behavior of the strings using a prepared bow.