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A wonderful review | December 5, 2025
A wonderful review for Movimento di quartetto
Dino Villatico has written a wonderful review in Gli stati generali of my Movimento di quartetto, composed for the Quartetto Werther and commissioned by the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, after its premiere at Teatro Argentina in Rome.
«Antonioni’s piece […] has an explosive effect. It feels like being suspended over an abyss—as Baudelaire said of Chopin’s music—at the bottom of which fragments of the past and present churn tumultuously. A crazed Moviola that sends the film spinning dizzily. And—no small feat for contemporary music—the effect reaches the listener, who, even without perhaps fully grasping what is happening, feels captivated by it and applauds.»
Dino Villatico ha scritto su Gli stati generali una bellissima recensione del mio Movimento di quartetto composto per il Quartetto Werther su commissione dell'Accademia Filarmonica Romana, dopo la prima esecuzione al Teatro Argentina di Roma.
«Il brano di Antonioni […] fa un effetto esplosivo. Sembra di stare sospesi su un abisso – come Baudelaire diceva della musica di Chopin – nel cui fondo si agitano tumultuosamente spezzoni di passato e di presente. Una moviola impazzita che fa girare vorticosamente la pellicola. E fatto non secondario per una musica di oggi, l’effetto arriva all’ascoltatore, che magari anche non capendo bene che cosa stia accadendo se ne sente preso e applaude.»
As the memory of it opens the Nuova Consonanza Festival 2025 | November 9, 2025
On Sunday 9th, the incredible Blow-Up Percussion ensemble kicks off the Nuova Consonanza festival with my piece As the memory of it, for four percussionists.
With the words of the poet Charles Wright:
Nothing’s so beautiful as the memory of it
Gathering light as glass does
As glass does when the sundown is on it
and darkness is still a thousand miles away.
See you there!
🗓 November 9 @ 9PM
📍 Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica
Domenica 9 Novembre alle 21 si apre il festival di Nuova Consonanza con i Blow-up percussion.
In programma, As the memory of it, per quattro percussionisti.
...Suoni di vetro sospesi nel tempo, campanelle di plastica, un carillon immaginario. In inglese, rings a bell significa letteralmente suona una campana, ma anche, e soprattutto: suona familiare, mi fa tornare in mente qualcosa. Metallo, vetro, campane, richiami (come nelle campanelle degli hotel), giochi, strutture, memoria…
Con le parole del poeta Charles Wright:
Nothing’s so beautiful as the memory of it
Gathering light as glass does
As glass does when the sundown is on it
and darkness is still a thousand miles away.
Nella traduzione di Moira Egan e Damiano Abeni:
Niente è bello come il ricordo che se ne ha
che raduna la luce come fa il vetro,
come fa il vetro quando il tramonto vi si posa
e il buio è ancora mille miglia lontano
🗓 9 Novembre 20259 @ 9PM
📍 Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica
Autumn in Rome | November 5, 2025
This autumn, music is bringing me home. The season begins in Rome with the Nuova Consonanza Festival, where …as the memory of it (2019) opens the program on November 9th. [more info]
Later in the festival, the legendary Ensemble Modern will premiere Driften, two studies for chamber ensemble. [more info]
Between performances, I'll step away from the score to explore what "writing" itself means—in a public conversation with writer Mauro Covacic. [more info]
Early December finds me in dialogue with Mahler and Schnittke, with a piece written for the Quartetto Werther, on commission by the Accademia Filarmonica Romana. [more info]
Then, on December 14th, this homecoming will turn into something more intimate: a solo work composed for violinist Francesca Dego, inspired by one of her father's poems.
This autumn, music is bringing me home. The season begins in Rome with the Nuova Consonanza Festival, where …as the memory of it (2019) opens the program on November 9th. [more info]
Later in the festival, the legendary Ensemble Modern will premiere Driften, two studies for chamber ensemble. [more info]
Between performances, I'll step away from the score to explore what "writing" itself means—in a public conversation with writer Mauro Covacic. [more info]
Early December finds me in dialogue with Mahler and Schnittke, with a piece written for the Quartetto Werther, on commission by the Accademia Filarmonica Romana. [more info]
Then, on December 14th, this homecoming will turn into something more intimate: a solo work composed for violinist Francesca Dego, inspired by one of her father's poems.
