commission : state command and Radio-France
creation : 02.02.2002 Festival Présences
composition : 2001
musicians : 6 percussionists
dedicated to : Les Percussions de Strasbourg
duration : 20 ‘
Above all, it seems to us perhaps more meaningful to specify the context in which the singular elaboration of this music took place.
We must go back to that day in April when Jean-Paul Bernard, artistic director and instrumentalist of the Percussions de Strasbourg, suggested that each of us write a piece for the ensemble.
We immediately felt the desire to unite our musical affinities in a common project. This came about naturally because we have been friends for a long time, we have collaborated on many projects and we founded the Sphota ensemble in 2000.
The 1500 km that separated us during the composition period made it possible for us to work together more intuitively, based on a common set of experiences and trends, and a little bit of telecommunication.
Samuel SIGHICELLI