COMPOSER PORTFOLIO
Michele Mazzini
16/08/1995
https://linktr.ee/MicheleMazzini
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TBN: The following portfolio is organized in chronological order (recent-old)
Due Nasi (Primo Naso/Secondo Naso)
Commissioned by Oorkaan for the Oorkaan Ensemble as music of the upcoming show: Gong en de vier nosen.
Financed by FPK
Premiere: Muziekgebouw aan het Ij; Amsterdam. 12th January 2023.
Duration: 10 minutes ca
Organic: Clarinet(s), Percussion(s), Bayan, (prep) harp.
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: Grachtenfestival; 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.