Solar Winds

Solar Winds

Solar Winds

cello, piano and electronics

cello, piano and electronics

Overhead view of a performer at an open grand piano, surrounded by percussion instruments, cables and electronic equipment.

Year

2025

Duration

35 min

Category

Chamber

Features

Electronics

Augmented

Cello and piano become two active resonating bodies within a performer-controlled cross-projection system, traversed by white noise and recordings derived from solar magnetic-field data.

Cello and piano become two active resonating bodies within a performer-controlled cross-projection system, traversed by white noise and recordings derived from solar magnetic-field data.

Cello and piano become two active resonating bodies within a performer-controlled cross-projection system, traversed by white noise and recordings derived from solar magnetic-field data.

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RECORDING · 2025

Programme Note

Solar Winds connects cello and piano through a reciprocal active-amplification system. Each musician can project sound through the body of their own instrument and toward the other, so the two acoustic bodies operate simultaneously as sources, resonators and loudspeakers surrounding the audience.

White noise and recordings derived from solar magnetic-field data pass through wood, strings and soundboards. A sensor attached to the cello bow adds a second level of activation: both the resonating body and the mechanism that excites it are augmented. The electronic system remains discreet, wireless and performer-controlled.

From the Score

Cello–piano cross-projection and active resonance
Augmented bow and performer-controlled activation
White-noise material and resonant transformation

Score

Published by BabelScores.

Gallery

Open grand piano with mallets and small resonating objects positioned across the strings and soundboard.
Open grand piano with mallets and small resonating objects positioned across the strings and soundboard.

Cello–piano cross-projection in performance

Performer activating the strings and resonant interior of an open grand piano with mallets.
Performer activating the strings and resonant interior of an open grand piano with mallets.

Augmented bow · performer control

Performer working inside an open grand piano on an empty concert-hall stage.
Performer working inside an open grand piano on an empty concert-hall stage.

Active-amplification setup