Cantor dust (2013)

for ensemble

Written for: Session de Composition “Voix Nouvelles”, Fondation Royaumont

Instrumentation: Bsn, Hrn, Tp, Tbn, Perc, Db

Duration: 7’

Publisher: Stradivarius

Première: 14 September 2013 @ Fondation Royaumont (France), Lemanic Modern Ensemble, Azis Sadikovic (cond.)

The structure of this piece is based on one of the first mathematical processes that enables the construction of fractals, known as Cantor dust (or Cantor set). The iteration of this model produces a self-similar geometrical structure, in which the initial material becomes more and more fragmented at each passage; the white space (better said, the space obtained through subtraction) gradually increase, until just the crumbs – the dust – of the original material remains.

This reduction and geometric fragmentation is translated into temporal proportions of the piece: a (temporal) segment of always same duration is repeated, but its internal organisation changes and increases at each passage.

PERFORMANCES

14.09.13 @ Royaumont Abbaye (FR), Lemanic Modern Ensemble, Azis Sadikovic (cond.). WP

21.05.17 @ Teatro Leonardo Da Vinci, Milan (IT), Divertimento Ensemble, Sandro Gorli (cond.)

29.05.17 @ Minoriten Saal, Graz (AT), Zeitfluss Ensemble, Edo Micic (cond.)