I was asked a challenging task: to compose a short piece that went through five different emotional states or feelings. Panta rhei is an ancient Greek concept, generally attributed to the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus. It means "everything flows", expressing that everything in the world and in the human being is constantly changing. I musically tried to elaborate and develop the same idea transmuting it into the emotional sphere, always fading one sentiment into another. Emotions flow like a river current.

Avanti! kamariorkesteri
Dir: Jukka Rantamäki

Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass.

Panta Rhei for ensemble (2024)

Daniele Di Virgilio is an Italian Berlin-based composer and perpetual researcher. Conceiving composition as a multi-disciplinary and social-oriented expression, his music is inspired by a theatrical imagination and by the interest in psychoanalysis.