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In this composition, I work on the concept of non-fluidity and resistance. Whether it is structuring musical material, exploring sounds, adopting instrumental gestures or using play modes, in this piece there is always something trying to oppose the comfort of the music that is flowing and that feels good to the musicians' fingers.
Ostico: difficult, problematic, subtle, laborious, serious, challenging, demanding. The idea is not to create situations on the brink of the impossible (games, or perceptive discrimination) but to show the level of requirement and attention, so as to create a general environment of listening, by both the audience and interpreters, suited to producing a particular expressive dimension. Everything must be for the 'pleasure of the effort', rather than the 'pleasure of the comfort' which in art becomes neutral in significance, or expressively sterile. However, this discomfort must be
