INDACO Presentation of the new album “Indaco” “…music to be listened with the eyes” INDACO Girolamo Deraco and the Etymos Ensemble “Indaco” is the title of the new album for instrumental ensemble by the composer Girolamo Deraco that will be out next April. The new compositions for flute, clarinet and vibraphone played by the Etymos Ensemble extend the musical view drawing the attention on visual and compositive aspect of the musical gesture which becomes theatrical action. Deraco defines this as Musictheatre. A very complex musical performance that interact with the audience. The public participate not just by listening but also by watching the performance: a music that has to be listened with the eyes. The performers must put attention not only on the musical aspects of the composition but also to the gesture that it requires to be produced. In this way the public is brought deeply inside the process of musical performance. The presentation of the new album, published by Edizioni Retropalco, gained a lot of interest. Festivals and national and international academies, already following the musical and esthetic path guided by Girolamo Deraco and the Etymos Ensemble, immediately offered positions in order to host this event in their theatrical season. On calendar: “Festival Rebus”, Teatro dal Verme -­‐ Italy, “Victoria International Art Festival” -­‐ Malta Fondazione Idea, “Orsh Orkestra Rinore Shqiptare” -­‐ Albany “Miskolci Operafesztivál” -­‐ Ungary Moreover the trio will perform in: Munich, Stuttgard, Berlin -­‐ Germany MUSICTHEATRE Is silent music? Is it theatre? What is Musictheatre? The composer Girolamo Deraco, thanks to the costant collaboration with his ensemble named Etymos Ensemble, develops and enlarges new ideas and way of writing for contemporary music. The composers analyzes and enhances not only the compositive and technical aspect of music but especially the theatrical and dramatic ones. The action that comes from the musical gesture gets inside the composition giving to it the characteristics of what Deraco considers Musictheatre. Tablet A fundamental part of the performance musictheatre is the utilization of tablets. Infact in the exibition the scores have to be read with the electronic devices. The composition are thought and written specifically for tablets and cannot be performed otherwise. The intent is to expand the potentiality of tablets. Infact with these not only is possible to read any scores but is also possible to amplify the sound of the instruments or create specific ambient of light. Is important also the fact that the enviroment around the instruments is simplified in a way that it results extremely essential. Also with doing so the philosophy of musictheatre is again respected and deeply expressed. Backstage recording section of INDACO INDACO -­‐ Girolamo Deraco and the Etymos Ensemble •
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Emotion in motion for acting flute, bass clarinet and vibraphone Requiem per un poeta for acting flute amplified and video Nel mezzo for flute and clarinet Lunaris nocturne for vibraphone La ghianda d’oro for flute, clarinet and vibraphone Game over for acting bass clarinet and vibraphone Anima mea for acting clarinet and tablet Inter alia for flute and vibraphone Indaco for flute / flute contralto, clarinet/ bass clarinet and vibraphone Etymos Ensemble Francesco Gatti, flute / flute contralto Tony Capula, clarinet/ bass clarinet Matteo Cammisa, vibraphone Alberto Gatti, sound designer Media Partner -­‐ Monnalisa Italian Art Magazine Partner: -­‐ LYRIKS -­‐ Laboratorio Interdisciplinare Ricerche Artistiche -­‐ SPAM! Rete per le arti contemporanee Sponsor: Cluster – Lucca, Compositori europei Edizioni Sconfinarte Album publisher: Retropalco s.r.l. -­‐ Rovato (Bs) Short Resume Girolamo Deraco Girolamo Deraco, class 1976, Cittanova (RC), has a diploma in composition, has studied with M° Rigacci, graduated with highest distinction, and won a scholarship at Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “L. Boccherini” of Lucca. He has attended courses and masterclasses with great international masters, some of whom are: Andriessen, Corghi, Solbiati, De Pablo, Fedele e Gooch (Truman State University, Missouri, USA). Girolamo was a Finalist and Winner of several international compositions contests: Windstrem 2014, Bartok+ Miskolci Operafesztivál (where he won the Guinness world record for the shortest opera ever written – 8 seconds – and the record for the most played opera in one night– 17 times), Anima Mundi, Operiamo Oggi, Musica e Arte, Corciano in Banda, G.E.R.M.I., Giovambattista Martini, Timur, O.C.C., Rosolino Toscano, Concorso di Composizione Euritmia. Scholarships include M° Corghi from Accademia Chigiana of Siena in 2008, 2009 and 2010 with a merit diploma. Since October, 2009, he has been Composer in Residence at Accademia di Montegral with M° Kuhn. Deraco’s music is published by Sconfinarte. Short Resume Etymos Ensemble. The Etymos Ensemble is a modular group composed by young musical talents of a well known professional carrier The Etymos Ensemble was borned to play exclusively the contemporary music written by it’s artistic director and founder Girolamo Deraco. The ensemble already has a very prestigious resume formed during almost ten years of activity from it’s foundation. The Etymos Ensemble already has collaborated with prestigious theatres and cultural places all over Italy and has partecipated at important international festival of contemporary music. Hosted at Teatro del Giglio – Lucca, Italy, in 2012. Is also now in residence at: Cluster – Lucca, European Composers LYRIKS -­‐ Laboratorio Interdisciplinare Ricerche Artistiche. Moments of Musictheatre Anima mea for acting clarinet and tablet Filo di Nebbia for acting prepered marimba www.girolamoderaco.it