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Alessandro Bosetti 

Neue Vocalsolisten

Portraits de Voix

CD Kohlhaas Records [KHS 032]

Out February 23rd, 2024

Alessandro Bosetti, Milan-born, Marseille-based sound artist and composer, paints a series of portraits from a collection of conversations recorded in Italy over the course of a Summer. Bosetti chose and collected four voices articulated over three generations, two female and two male. He then disassembled them and put them together in a palimpsest that integrates three elements: a polyphonic writing – collage of thousands of fragments and vocal writing for a portraitist – an electroacoustic writing and an immersive scenic writing.
Such palimpsest translated both into a music theatre and hörspiel portraying a family of incorporeal voices, performed by Alessandro Bosetti along with Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, and featuring the costume design by Canedicoda.
The Portraits de Voix take now the shape of a physical release, wisely mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi, featuring once again the artwork and design by Canedicoda.

– What do you want from me ?
– I’d like to make a portrait of your voice.
– It’s my portrait then ?
– No. I think that you and your voice are not the same thing.


Alessandro Bosetti with

Neue Vocalsolisten

Johanna Vargas - soprano

Truike van der Poel - mezzo soprano Martin Nagy - tenor

Guillermo Anzorena - baritone Andreas Fischer - bass

Alessandro Bosetti - portraitist

Artwork and design by Canedicoda.

Mixed by Alessandro Bosetti. 

Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.

Recorded in Stuttgart, SWR Studio, October 2021 by Fabian Vossler German portraitist voice recorded in Stuttgart, SWR Studio, October 2021
English and French portraitist voice recorded in Berlin, Deutschlandfunk Kultur Studio, June 2022
Four anonymous voices, recorded in various locations 2019 Mixed by Alessandro Bosetti
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Artwork by Canedicoda
Radio version produced by Deutschlandfunk Kultur
A co-production of GMEM — Centre national de création musicale, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Neue Vocalsolisten, Musik Der Jahrhunderte, Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil - centre dramatique national, La Soufflerie
Avec l'aide à l'écriture d’une œuvre musicale originale du Ministère de la Culture Supported by Impuls neue Musik
Lauréat 2020 du Fonds franco-germano-suisse pour la musique contemporaine, partenaire du Goethe-Institut et de l'Institut français
Premiere : Festival Propagations, Marseille. May 15th, 2021 Technical Sponsor: Fondazione Bonotto Spatialization and programming: Pierre Fleurence Costume design: Canedicoda
Light-design: Lucie Delorme
Stage manager: Philippe Boinon
All music Alessandro Bosetti © 2020

Portrait VIII (Ulta Si)

Zentorno ( Free Download )

Unfinished Circles (2024)
für verstärktes Streichquartett in Vitrinen
Nach einer Idee von Karlheinz Stockhausen
Uraufführung
ca. 40'’

"Ein standesgemäßes Geburtstagsgeschenk" (FAZ)

For Arditti Quartets 50th anniversary

Music: Hannes Seidl
Scenography: Elisa Limberg
Light: Jörg Schuchardt

Unfinished Circles (Exc. 2)

Unfinished Circles (Exc. 3)

Gradual

Live concert at AMOK Festival in Brugge on September 26th 2024, opening for Suzanne Ciani.

[live] @ AMOK (part 1)

[live] @ AMOK (part 2)

Drvg Cvltvre - ^nc13nt Vv4rz

"Heroes" from the cycle "Für uns. Für uns" by Hannes Seidl, in an interpretation by Anne van de Star and David Helbich

Hannes wrote scores for people playing together at home. Perfect for Corona times. 

The songs are based on pop songs, this one on a song by David Bowie. 

The score only mentions piano and voice. The heavy pedal usage inspired us to make a very reverby version with an e-git and an Oud replacing the grand piano (I got a bed instead...). 
The added  electronics are (most unfortunately) hiding our amazing singing talents. 

The score of the whole cycle is available here: editionjulianeklein.de

Or have a look at the score of only "Heroes" here: https://archive.org/details/fuer-uns-fuer-uns_heroes

Hannes' own interpretation together with singer-composer Julia Mihály
https://vimeo.com/399988242

http://www.hannesseidl.de/

@hgs @juliamihaly @annevandestar

"Heroes" (Hannes Seidl), version by Anne Van De Star & David Helbich

David Helbich (1973 Berlin) Works since 2002 in Brussels as conceptual artist in the fields of composition, acoustics, performance, events, art books, public space interventions and installations.

album on New York Haunted (label) 2023 "Summer Hits"