COMPOSER PORTFOLIO
Michele Mazzini
16/08/1995
https://linktr.ee/MicheleMazzini
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Future projects:
FPK/Oorkaan commission for the upcoming performance Gong en de vier nosen.
Premiere: Muziekgebouw aan het Ij; Amsterdam. 12th January 2023.
Duration: 10 minutes
Organic: Clarinet(s), Percussion(s), Bayan, harp.
Title: Primo Naso/ Secondo Naso
TBN: the following portfolio is organized in chronological order (recent-old)
Something Humid
for soprano and Harpsichord. Based on a poetic text by Alejandra Pizarnik.
Performed in Looisergracht 60, Amsterdam; 26th March 2022/ 27th March, The Gray Space In The Middle, Den Haag.
Commissioned by Wesley Shen through Mouseear Concerts.
- Blue Mass
for Bass clarinet and Seaboard.
Commissioned by Duo Ebano through Gaudeamus (Nieuwe noten voor Duo Ebano)
Performed in: Grachten Festival; Gaudeamus; November Music in 2022.
Recording: to be made in 2023.
- Alla Puttanesca/Vellutata
for contrabass saxophone, electric organ, electric guitar, electric bass.
Recorded and published by Nova Music label (NMCD 5138).
Commissioned by Daniel Kienzy
6 Haikus
for female voice and piano.
Texts by: Matsuo Basho, Masaoka Shiki, Yosa Buson, Chuck Palahniuk, Jack Kerouac, Richard Wright.
Studio Recording; 20th February 2022.
A Flemish Fantasy
for pre-recorded material.
Self published digital album.
To Drive That Shiver Out
for three mixed voiced and two bass clarinets
Based on a poem by Tess Gallagher.
Studio Recording: 2nd April 2021
What On Earth Was That
For mixed media.
A playlist of four miniatures. Each miniature is an experiment that connects footage of b/w movies that I loved with newly composed or improvised music.
Published throughout 2021.
“A style exercises without any clear style or any clear form. Not exactly a video clip, not exactly sound design, not a soundtrack. A monstrosity, as the original movies. Extremely expressive and yet very questionable.”
Light Blue
for Bass clarinet, clarinet and Piano (one performer).
Conceived during 2019; performed since then. A cycle of five spiritual compositions to be performed in sacred places, such as churches.
Live Recording in Bergamo Alta; 25th October 2020.
Michele Mazzini
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
28/04/2022