Luca Piovesan

In Salzburg, presenting “Rhopophony” with the marvelous Lucia D’Errico!
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My first full work as a sound creator is out
“Forêt nom féminin” is a piece in six movements inspired by the homonymous book by Jérôme de Vienne, published by ISTI MIRANT STELLA in 2021 and the website foretnomfeminin.hotglue.me, an ongoing conversation between Diana Duta and Jérôme de Vienne about translation, the infinite permutations of language, a less-than-human word, an errant narrative of many voices, above all a labyrinthine and obscure research method.
The process, following the six scores found on the website, is based on the collection of different elements and fragments (through field recording) and their recombination (through editing and mixing) in order to build a sense of landscape and a narrative which traverses it from within.
Special thanks to Diana Duta for involving me in this beautiful project.
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In the last weeks I had the possibility to continue working with Andrea Mancianti, an Italian composer, sound artist and guitarist based in Helsinki.
Our collaboration started last summer in Florence, thanks to a residency at Murate Art District, allowing us to explore territories of co-creation. 
We met again recently in Helsinki and after a 10 days residency we were able to finally present the current state of our co-compositional effort.
Here the video of the full performance at Muu Galleria in Helsinki.

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The first collaborative piece born from my PhD research is out!
“Tracer le souffle”, by Martin Loridan.
Enjoy my expanded accordion and the echo of its breathing and beating.
Thanks to all the people and institutions who made this possible:
– Martin, for the flourishing collaboration;
– Maarten Stragier for the guide and constant insight;
– Ictus, for the spectacular venue;
– David Giacomelli and Mattia Di Falco for the shooting;
– Thomas Purcaro Decaro for the editing and color grading
– Pigini for my beautiful instrument;
– Smog and Vera Cavallin for the help during the rehearsals process;
– Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel and VUB for supporting my research;
– Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles – Administration Générale de la Culture – Service de la Musique, for the precious funding.

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Luigi Nono (1924-1990)
La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura (1988)
madrigale per più “caminantes”

Marco Fusi — violon
Pierluigi Billone — diffusion électronique
Fanny Gaudin et Luca Piovesan — sonorisation et enregistrement
Martin Rautenstrauch — scénographie et lumière

On Feb 15th 2021 Martin Loridan and I gave the first presentation on our collaboration, hosted by the festival Polyphonic Performance Spaces at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel.
Martin has been researching on the theme of “le souffle” (the breathe) since several years at the University of Leeds, and his interests crossed my research on co-composition for accordion and pedalboards.
Here the full program of the festival and below the video of the talk: