Works » [Ni]

Date:

2019

Length:

15 min

Premiere:

March 29, 2019 by Ruben Mattia Santorsa, MISE-EN PLACE, NYC

Instrumentation:

Electric Guitar

Program Note

Shattering is a multiplicity, of sounds bound to a sacred origin—holding within them a knowledge unknown to us and yet, embodied in us. Its perpetual energy transforms from one source to another: from sound to unsound, from lamenting voices to an indifferent nature, from the resonant space of an instrument to the neurons of the body, and from pulsating echoes to fluid sostenuti. Each emanating stem of sound
carries its own velocity and trajectory in the singularity of their traces and their disappearances. It creates a resonant space—one where fragmented utterance and drifting stasis intertwine.

[Ni] is the second in an ongoing series of works for solo electric guitar, exploring the instrument in its purest form: Guitar–Amp.

Score
To acquire the performance score for [Ni], please contact me.

Performances
March 10, 2025 | Pierre Bibault, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
December 19, 2019 | Ruben Mattia Santorsa, Reggio Emilia, Italy
March 29, 2019 | Ruben Mattia Santorsa, Mise-En Place, New York, NY