video opera
Renacer
Nov. 27, 2022 – 18:00 (wp)
Vienna, Wien Modern
Odeon, Taborstr. 10
Dec. 6th, 2022 – 20:00
Sevilla
Espacio Turina
Nov. 27, 2022 – 18:00 (wp)
Vienna, Wien Modern
Odeon, Taborstr. 10
Dec. 6th, 2022 – 20:00
Sevilla
Espacio Turina
Alberto Carretero, music
Francisco Deco, libretto
Miguel Alonso (Cyan Animática), video
Nacho de Paz, conductor
Johanna Vargas, soprano
PHACE
Doris Nicoletti, flute
Reinhold Brunner, clarinet
Spiros Laskaridis, trumpet
Stefan Obmann, trombone
Berndt Thurner, percussion
Anna Lindenbaum, violin
Alexandra Dienz, double bass
SOUND DIRECTOR
Alfred Reiter
supported by the Spanish Embassy in Vienna
Renacer addresses the natural cycles of birth and rebirth and looks into a possible future at the dawn of a biotechnological revolution. Francisco Deco’s lyrics open up multifaceted visions of existence where death and transience take a back seat to the power of germination and regeneration. In many of Alberto Carretero’s works, biological processes serve as inspiration and blueprint for his music. Using artificial intelligence and membrane computing, he develops algorithmic compositions that simulate the growth and behavior of living organisms and translate them into sonic narratives. On the one hand, life within a cell and its membranes is made audible by means of sonification. On the other hand, the personal interpretation of these biological processes creates a symbiosis with libretto and images, and from this in turn new musical gestures, sounds and forms. Electronics and video are closely and mutually connected to the bio-inspired compositional processes. Mutation, mitosis, meiosis, tissue formation, reproduction, and nerve connections open a musical reflection process and become a metaphor of genesis: birth, rebirth, and creation itself.
Renacer
Video-Oper von Alberto Carretero
for voice, seven instruments, electronics and video, 2022 (wp) D: 65′
Libretto: Francisco Deco
Video: Miguel Alonso (CYAN ANIMÁTICA) based on paintings by Juan Lacomba
a production by PHACE in co-production with Wien Modern and Espacio Turina Sevilla, financed and made possible with a 2021 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators, BBVA Foundation.
In many of Alberto Carretero's works, biological processes serve as inspiration and blueprint for his music. Using artificial intelligence and membrane computing, he develops algorithmic compositions that simulate the growth and behavior of living organisms and translate them into sonic narratives...
Read moreIn many of Alberto Carretero's works, biological processes serve as inspiration and blueprint for his music. Using artificial intelligence and membrane computing, he develops algorithmic compositions that simulate the growth and behavior of living organisms and translate them into sonic narratives...
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