Last week I lived an extraordinary experience: I was able to spend some days at Pigini accordions factory, in Casterlfidardo (Italy) and share some time with the workers. I interviewed them about the sounds they are surrounded by and their relationship with them, and I incorporated these dialogues and sounds using my “Poliarmonica”, a hybrid instrument that includes a Pigini accordion, pedalboards, and computer processing.
I could encompass the voices, the saws, the planers, the tuning machines, the robotic arms and compressors and they became musical instruments that participated in this concert as protagonists, revealing unexpected connections with the sound of the accordions they help to build.
My restitution was a concert on the last day of the residency, for the workers and their families.
Thanks to all Pigini family for this heartwarming experience: Francesca, Massimo, Federico and Riccardo, and to all the workers I had the luck to exchange words and experiences.
