Title of the work: Tensión tranquila II.
Instrumentation: Piano and electronics (6-speaker diffusion system or quadraphonic system; stereo version available in 2025).
Composer: Javier Torres Maldonado.
Duration: 11'40" ca.
Publisher: SZSugar (formerly Suvini Zerboni) - For more information please send an e-mail to my publisher or visit this page.
Dedicatee: Candida Felici.
Commission: work composed for the Music Space Audio Week of Helsinki.
World premiere: 29.11.2023, for piano and electronics (World premiere), Music Space Audio Week, Helsinki Music Center (Black Box Concert Hall), University of the Arts/Sibelius Academy, Department of Music Technology, together with the painist and musicologue Candida Felici. Link to the concert program, or PDF format.
Score (only with authorization).
Tensión tranquila III is part of a cycle of works that explore musical ideas and instrumental techniques with the aim of deepening the essence of gesture, simplifying and amplifying it.
The Imaginary Piano has been presented at prestigious institutions such as the Mozarteum (Salzburg), Budapest Music Center & Liszt Academy, the Royal Conservatory of Madrid, and others.
TENSIÓN TRANQUILA II (QUIET TENSION II)
for piano and electronics
Tensión Tranquila II” is part of a cycle in which I aim to explore musical ideas and instrumental techniques that delve into the inner essence of gesture, simplifying and amplifying it, even on a spatial level. The title alludes to the resulting character of these actions on the source sound material.
Similar to the first piece in this series, ”Tensión Tranquila I” (2021) for oboe and electronics, ”Tensión Tranquila II” contains a concept not frequently found in my recent compositions. It does not rely on pre-existing ”natural” or ”artificial” sounds; rather, it arises from the exploration of one or several instrumental gestures that depend on the physicality of the performer’s actions on their instrument. In this context, space is used as an expansive and reactive surface, which may produce sounds of a different nature than those emanating from the piano.
Javier Torres Maldonado
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