Mobile

pour piano préparé

Date de composition : 2012
Durée : 8'30

YouTube : Neus Estarellas, piano

Commentaire concernant la création de l'œuvre aux Etats-Unis (Mata Festival, le 15 avril 2016):
"Michelle Agnes Magalhaes, of Brazil, presented the U.S. premiere of Mobile, a solo piece
composed for the John Cage centennial in 2012, exploiting piano preparations similar to those
prescribed for his Sonatas and Interludes. But the sounds she created were entirely her own, as
pianist Claudia Chan not only played prepared and unprepared notes from the keyboard but also
reached into the piano to beat and stroke the strings directly, and even plucked the objects
wedged between them to create delightful new sonorities as they snapped and vibrated against
the strings on either side. And unlike Cage, whose patient forms methodically explored the
permutations of his gamut of sounds, Magalhaes was more interested in creating a lively, layered
dialogue among the sounds." (http://www.musicalamerica.com/news/printarticle)