strata (reverse ruins)

_{for theorbo, electric guitar, accordion, electronics
[2025] dur. 11′ ca.}

written for Azione Improvvisa – Siemens foundation support

I turn to rocks with admiration and trust — shaped by time, and shaping time in return. 

Ancient, patient witnesses of deep time.

A sample from the theorbo, played with the bow, acts as the main and mutable source of the electronic material: a fragment in dialogue with its live counterpart, moving through processes of dense sonic stratification and diagenesis.

Electronic strata — soundtracks and live processing — fracture and reform, entering into contrast and mimesis with the instruments. As the piece unfolds, rhythmic structures gradually erode layers of sound; fragments return altered, dissolve, and reassemble.

The music follows a trajectory that suggests a continuous return rather than closure: what remains begins again, as erosion and construction overlap — sound persisting as a form of strength and resistance.

premiere : Azione Improvvisa / Festival ECLAT / feb. 2026