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Technique, aura et réalité, entretien entre Javier Torres Maldonado et Makis Solomos.
(Texte orginal en Français.)

Technique, aura and reality, interview, by Makis Solomos.
(English translation by Jeremy Drake.)


Interview, by Luciana Galliano.
(Only in Italian.)


Analysis of works of Javier Torres Maldonado:

Analysis of Quinteto, by Mario Alberto Guzman.


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TEXTS


Texts by JTM:

Souvenir de Franco Donatoni
(PDF file, only in French.)

Sticky notes about Un posible dia, quasi un radiodramma, imaginary theater in music
 by Javier Torres Maldonado



Program notes and articles on the works of Torres Maldonado:

Stage works:

Encounters and Memories
Article about 2011 premieres of Javier Torres Maldonado (Un posible dia for voice, actor, ensemble, electronique and video, and about Iridiscentes, among other works)
ESZ News N. 54 - 2, February 2011 (Clic HERE for the ITALIAN VERSION.)




Orchestra:

Currentes, for orchestra.
by Gabriele Bonomo.

Esferal, for orchestra and CD.
by Gabriele Bonomo.


Soloists and orchestra:

A luminescent violin,
by Gabriele Bonomo.
(Article on Obscuro Etiantum Lumine.)

Javier Torres Maldonado - An homage to Haydn
by Gabriele Bonomo.
(Article on 3 Invenciones Haydn.)


Ensembles:

De ignoto cantu.
(Program note on the homonym piece and interview
to Javier Torres Maldonado by Makis Solomos.)

From Venice, to Milan, to the Americas,
(Article on EI suspiro del Angel, by G. Bonomo.)

Exabrupto.
Web page based on a fragment of the text wrote by Candida Felici,
published on the CD booklet Exabrupto
(Stradivarius, STR 33719).

About the cycle Figuralmusik,
by Beth E. Levy.

Il progresso del fiore
(In Italian) Article about Rosa Mutabile and the 2010-2011 projects of Javier Torres Maldonado.
Number 52 (06-2010) of the ESZ News Magazine (only in Italian).

Synthesis of the diverse.
(Article on SInfonia Mixta, by G. Bonomo.)


Soloists and Ensemble:

The unexpected clock in the mirrors.
Excerpt from the CD booklet Exabrupto,by Candida Felici
(Stradivarius, STR 33719.)


Vocal music with instruments:

Exchanging sonorities,
(From the article on ...en el aire..., by Gabriele Bonomo,
published in the ESZ News magazine.
© 2002, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano.)


Chamber music:

Cuarteto de cuerdas No. 1 (String quartet No. 1)
Metaphors in sound.
Article published in the ESZ News magazine,
number 50, October 2009. Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano (PDF format.)
Clic here to read the Italian version of the same article.

Sound spiral,
by Gabriele Bonomo.
(Article on Espira I, Espira II, published in the ESZ News magazine.
© 2005, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano.)

Stellar chords,
by Gabriele Bonomo.
Excerpt of the homonym article published in the ESZ News magazine,
© 2003, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano.

Luz, for accordion and string quartet.
Clic here to visit the page.
Based on a fragment of the text wrote by Candida Felici,
published on the CD booklet Exabrupto, (Stradivarius, STR 33719).

Analysis of Quinteto,
for wind quintet, by Mario Alberto Guzman.


Solos:

Hacia el umbral del aire,
(From the article Sound spiral, published in the ESZ News magazine.
© 2005, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano.)

Orior, for piano or fortepiano.
Program note by Candida Felici and video.
Clic here to visit the page

Primer libro del canto alado,
for piccolo, flute, G-flute and bass flute (1 player).
Clic here to visit the page
Excerpt from the article Books for virtuosi, published in the ESZ News magazine. © 2006, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano.

Tiento, for violoncello and (optional) electronics.
Clic here to visit the page.
Excerpts from two articles: CD booklet Exabrupto, by Candida Felici, published in 2005 by Stradivarius,
and A voyage through musical space, by Gabriele Bonomo, article published in the ESZ News magazine,
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 2004.


Electroacoustic music with instruments:

From Venice, to Milan, to the Americas,
by G. Bonomo, article on EI suspiro del Angel,
for 15 instruments and electronics..

Hacia el umbral del aire,
(From the article Sound spiral, published in the ESZ News magazine.
© 2005, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano.)

Tiento, for violoncello and (optional) electronics.
Clic here to visit the page.
Excerpts from two articles: CD booklet Exabrupto, by Candida Felici, published in 2005 by Stradivarius,
and A voyage through musical space, by Gabriele Bonomo, article published in the ESZ News magazine,
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 2004.



Press reviews:

On the first performance of Tres invenciones “Haydn” at the Auditorium in Trent,
on April 13, 2005.
From “Il Trentino”, April 15, 2005, Annely Zeni


Critic reviews on the CD Exabrupto:

Monograph on CD,
by Gabriele Bonomo, ESZ News, © 2006.

ALIAS,
supplemento settimanale del Manifesto, 25.02.2006 (Only in Italian.)

E il messicano vola libero,
by Angelo Foletto, Suonare News Magazine, 06.2006.