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Abstract
This presentation explores the impact of instrumental affordance over the collaborative creative process of contemporary music.
It focuses on two case studies examining how the viola and the viola d’amore behave in the pieces composed by McCormack and McLaughlin and it elaborates on how material configurations, extended techniques of performance, and collaborative approaches impact the creation and performance of the pieces.
The first case (McCormack) considers how extended techniques emerge through the negotiation between trained bodily knowledge and instrumental resistance. The second introduces collaborative creation as a tool to further exploration of instrumental possibilities and limitations.
Together, these cases propose creative dialogue as a site of discovery, in which instrumental agency is continually reshaped through practice and experimentation.
About the speaker
Marco Fusi is a violinist/violist, a researcher in music performance, and a passionate advocate for the music of our time.
Among many collaborations with emerging and established composers, he has premiered works by Jessie Marino, Tim McCormack, Yu Kuwabara, Evan Johnson and Kristine Tjøgersen, among others. Marco has performed with Pierre Boulez, Elena Schwarz, Lorin Maazel, Susanna Mälkki, Alan Gilbert, and frequently plays with leading contemporary ensembles including Klangforum Wien, MusikFabrik, Meitar Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Ensemble Linea.
He has recorded several solo albums, published by Kairos, Stradivarius, Col Legno, Da Vinci, Geiger Grammofon, New Focus Recordings. Marco also plays viola d’amore, commissioning new pieces and collaborating with composers to promote and expand existing repertoire for the instrument.
After his Masters in Violin and Composition at the Conservatory of Milan, Marco received his PhD from the University of Antwerp / docARTES program with a dissertation on the performance practice of Giacinto Scelsi’s works for string instruments.
He is currently Assistant Professor of Artistic Research at HEMU Lausanne and Associate Researcher at the Orpheus Instituut of Gent.
Marco Fusi will also be presenting a concert at City St George's on Tuesday 24 March, in which he will give the UK premiere of major new works for solo viola and viola d'amore by Yu Kuwabara and Timothy McCormack. Please note, registration for the seminar and tickets for the concert should be booked seperately. For tickets and details of the concert, see the event page on the City website.
The Music Research Seminars are hosted by the Department of Performing Arts at City St George’s, University of London and SPARC research centre (Sound Practice and Research at City St George’s). They bring together world-leading artists, practitioners, and scholars in the broad fields of music and sound.
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