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Paolo Buonvino - Çiatu

Year / Length:2022, 50’ World premiere
Text by:Paolo Buonvino, in collaboration with Marina Zucchelli, Badara Seck, Faisal Taher, based on literary and documentary fragments about the concept of breath in Sicily
Piano and live electronics:Paolo Buonvino
Vocalists:Rossella Ruini, Badara Seck, Faisal Taher
Wind instruments and live electronics:Pasquale Laino
Keyboard and live electronics:Seby Burgio
PMCE – Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble:flutes Manuel Zurria / ethnic flutes and clarinets Paolo Ravaglia / percussion Flavio Tanzi / violins Francesco Peverini, Filippo Fattorini / viola Luca Sanzò / cello Anna Armatys / doublebass Massimo Ceccarelli
Sound design:Tommaso Cancellieri
Audio project:Fabio Venturi
Conductor:Tonino Battista
Disklavier:2 vertical Yamaha Disklavier D U1 EN, 1 Yamaha C7X EN Disklavier
Sound design and live electronics:Thierry Coduys, Paolo Buonvino
Musical assistant:Silvia Barbera
Artistic installation:Irma Blank
Costumes:Maria Grazia Chiuri for DIOR
Direction:Antonello Pocetti
Light project:Marco Lucarelli
Art project curator:Maria Alicata
Production of the Irma Blank art installation:Bureau Betak for DIOR
Video animation:Madre
Commissioned and produced by:La Biennale di Venezia
Thanks to:House of DIOR for the production of the costumes / P420, Bologna for Irma Blank’s artwork

Description

The etymology of the Sicilian dialect word “çiatu” derives from the Latin “flatus”, “breath”, but in popular usage the same term takes the form of an expression of affection, çiatu miu, “my soul”, “my life”: almost a whisper of love. In this twofold sense the word sums up the profound feelings of Sicilian composer Paolo Buonvino in the work to which it gives the title. The author’s intention is to stimulate the listener to focus on his or her breathing, a practice which, with its meditative and calming effect, can help to overcome our paralysis, free us from excess and from the ambient noise that surrounds us, thereby creating the ideal conditions for knowing ourselves in our simplicity, whatever the culture that shaped us. In many philosophies and religions breathing is the act that gives origin to life and, as such, is an essential means to return to the centre of one’s being and to attain a sense of elevation and inner peace. It is not by chance that in many cultures the same word means both a breath and the soul.


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