Despre Iancu Dumitrescu si muzica sa am mai scris aici - unde am mentionat-o si pe Ana-Maria Avram. Anul trecut, cu ocazia celei de-a 4a editii a Spectrum XXI (International festival of Spectral Music), cei doi muzicieni de origine romana au sustinut un concert la Londra, in interpretarea tanarului quartet american iOString Quartet.

Despre ce a fost vorba?

Spectralism is slowly becoming more accepted and located in the listening world, and the reduced nature of a string quartet [iO String Quartet], combined with the great sensitivity of these players, urges minute concentration on the part of both performers and the listeners (digital silence also helps) which is repaid in an edge-of-seat, time-locked existentiality. The four pieces move in different directions and are saturated with detail, the compositions seeming to rise out of the grain of the performance, rather than being an anachronous imposition upon it - a tribute to the vision and skill of the composers, who tread a perilous path between precision and dependency - demanding immediacy through prevision, open scoring and will; a dangerously ambiguous endeavour that erases the power relations between individuality and collectivity at the point of realisation.

iO Quartet este compus din:

Christina McGann (violin I)

Stephen Miahky (violin II)

Elisabeth Weisser (viola)

Chris Gross (cello)

si a interpretat urmatoarele piese:

Iancu Dumitrescu:

“Spectrum” music for string quartet # 4

“Perspectives au Movemur music for string quartet # 2

Ana-Maria Avram:

“Nouvelle Axe” for string quartet

Ikarus for string quartet and tape

Concertul, superb filmat de regizorul Petru Nedelcu, a aparut pe DVD intr-o editie extrem de limitata care, se pare, nu este inregistrata in nici un catalog.

Creatiile celor doi artisti - dar si a altor compozitori romani destul de putin cunoscuti - pot fi achizitionate (si) de aici (scrieti Dumitrescu in caseta search).