Cello Concerto No. 1
2019 | robot cellist and string quintet (17')
Commissioned by KammarensembleN (SE).
Sponsored by the Swedish Arts Council and KUKA Robotics.
The ‘robot cellist’, a non-human entity at the intersection of performer and instrument, consists of two industrial robotic arms playing a cello. The composition explores the specific and unique playing techniques afforded by this system, underlines the idiomatic potential of the robot cellist and investigates its anthropomorphic characteristics and their scenographic implications. The robot cellist has developed individual playing style and techniques along with a reflexive compositional perspective.
Mvt I: Come un meccanisimo di precisione “Essential Singularity”
Mvt II: Adagio Assai “μG”
Mvt III: Rotore Massimo
Mvt IV: Courante Replicare
Mvt V: Ciaccona su un sample
Selected performances: Stockholms Musikpedagogiska Institut (Stockholm, SE), The National Museum of Science and Technology (Stockholm, SE)