A5
The intelligence of movement
In a world like today’s, in which everything moves but almost nothing changes, and in which music, in particular -both in its different aesthetic lines and in the programmes in which it is presented- has long seemed to be at a standstill, finding a driving force as intense and genuine as the figure of Fabián Panisello (Buenos Aires, 1963) is a rare occurrence. His miscellaneous profile as a composer, conductor, teacher and prolific entrepreneur of all kinds of musical projects, both in Spain and abroad, reveals such a dynamism characterising him so strongly that, if one had to say something which could encompass him and his work in all these areas, indeed it could be his fundamental trait: being always on the move, pulling forward, favouring movement at all times.
As a composer, such movement constitutes an essential part of his working techniques and is implicit in the materials he often uses. His music, in fact, so balanced and well-structured from a technical point of view, constantly generates, however, its own imbalance: it changes speed, it mutates, it flows, and in doing so it wanders, like a wanderer, through the most inhospitable spaces, always in search of something else, of the proliferation of something into an “Other”. To carry out something like this, Panisello is capable, also because he has the resources to do so – of opening up an idea and penetrating it again and again, as a fractal, with the purpose of seeing its inner potentialities expanded, replicating themselves infinitely, while at the same time producing from themselves other forms and new paths.
The five pieces compiled in this CD are a clear example of this creative restlessness. Each one of them configures its own universe and raises aspects that are, at the same time, familiar and unusual in his work as a whole. (Jesús Castañer)
Plural Ensemble
PluralEnsemble is an instrumental group specialised in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, founded by Fabián Panisello, its resident director. Always seeking the highest quality of interpretation, it presents every year a stable season of concerts and tours, alternating the most demanding soloist repertoire with works for ensemble.
For the eleventh consecutive year, it has developed the Ciclo de Conciertos Fundación BBVA de Música Contemporánea in the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, and the Ciclo de Solistas Fundación BBVA in its head office at the Palace of the Marqués de Salamanca. It habitually carries out both national and international tours.
During its trajectory it has performed to great critical and public acclaim in the principal specialised international festivals, such as Biennale di Venezia, New Music Week in Shanghai, Sound Ways International New Music Festival in Saint Petersburg, Musica in Strasbourg , Atempo in Caracas, Présences in Paris, Ars Musica in Brussels, MANCA in Nice, Spaziomusica in Cagliari, Aspekte in Salzburg, IFCP Mannes in New York, the Festival de Música of Alicante, the Quincena Musical in San Sebastian, the cycle of the WDR in Cologne, Nous Sons at the Auditori de Barcelona, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Ultraschall in the Berlin Konzerthaus and the Klangspuren Schwaz in the Tyrol, amongst others.
PluralEnsemble collaborates with artists such as Peter Eötvös, Salome Kammer, Hilary Summers, Cristóbal Halffter, Marco Blaauw, Jörg Widmann, Dimitri Vassilakis, Nicholas Isherwood, Alda Caiello, Allison Bell, José Manuel López López, Jörg Widmann, Wolfgang Lischke, Christian Baldini, Nicolas Altstaedt, Zsolt Nagy, César Camarero, Jón Ketilsson, Pablo Márquez, Charlotte Hellekant, Matthias Pintscher, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Tadeusz Wielecki, Lorraine Vaillancourt, Marco Angius, Natalia Zagorinskaya, Péter Csaba, Johannes Kalitzke, Luis de Pablo or Toshio Hosokawa.
It has made numerous recordings for a variety of European radio stations (WDR, RBB, RNE, RF, ORF, RTBF or Polish Radio, amongst many others), as well as recording with the following labels: col legno, Verso, Cervantes and NEOS.
Anna Davidson
Hailed as a singer “with spirit and remarkable facility” (Opera News) soprano Anna Davidson is a recent graduate of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music. She has performed a wide variety of roles with The Curtis Opera Theatre, including: Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Hilda Mack in Henze’s Elegy for Young Lovers, Daphne is Handel’s Apollo and Daphne, Miss Donnithorne in Peter Maxwell Davies’ Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot, The Rooster in The Cunning Little Vixen, Sofia in Rossini’s Il Signor Bruschino, Thérèse/Tiresias in Les Mamelles de Tiresias, Lisa in La Sonnambula, and Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Outside of Curtis Opera Theater she has performed as Abigail Williams in the Crucible with The Chautauqua Institution, Le Rossignol in L’Enfant et les Sortileges at the Castleton Festival (Conducted by Lorin Maazel), Leonora in Hindemith’s The Long Christmas Dinner with the Juilliard Opera Workshop, and Frasquita in Carmen at the Chautauqua Institute. She has also worked with Gotham Chamber Opera, and The Princeton Music Festival. This season she will be performing with The Hobart Baroque Festival as Dorinda in Handel’s Orlando.
A fan of Contemporary and 20th century music she performed Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children and Foss’ Time Cycle, both with the Curtis 20/21 ensemble. With them she also performed Pierrot Lunaire with Curtis 20/21 under the tutelage of Eighth Blackbird, and went on tour to Seoul, South Korea.
As well as a Masters of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music, Anna also has a Bachelor’s of Music from the Juilliard School.
Annette Schönmüller
The mezzo-soprano Annette Schönmüller enjoys an international reputation in the field of classical opera and in contemporary repertoire, appearing as a guest at prestigious venues such as the Theater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, Oper Frankfurt, Wiener Konzerthaus, Konzerthaus Berlin and Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and festivals including the Berlin Festspiele, Ruhrtriennale, Festival Wien Modern, Munich Biennale, and Neue Oper Wien.
She has collaborated with artists including Peter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger, Adriana Hölszky, Aribert Reimann, Pierluigi Billone, Chaya Czernowin, Fabián Panisello, Andreas Homoki, Johannes Erath, Ludger Engels, Marco Štorman, Nicola Raab, Markus Stenz, Emilio Pomàrico, Johannes Kalitzke, Jonathan Stockhammer, Marino Formenti and Marin Alsop, to critical acclaim.
Currently she sings at Munich Biennale and will again perform in Luigi Nono´s «Intolleranza» at Oper Wuppertal/Germany. Recent releases include the word premiere of Heinz Holliger´s opera LUNEA at Opera Zurich for ecm records and for NAXOS Hindemith´s «Sancta Susanna».
