So Hard To Tell You

In his 1906 book «Fremdländische Wald- und Parkbäume für Europa», the German forester and botanist Heinrich Mayr classified the areas of the earth into six large phytoclimatic zones, whose distribution over the territory follows both a latitudinal and altitudinal trend. Under the name of Alpinetum the German scholar included environments characterized by a high altitude and a very harsh climate that does not allow the growth of real trees. In these difficult environments, marked by the wind, a rich community of animal species still manages to live, such as - for example - the glacier flea, the snow vole, the wallcreeper, the ibex, the Alpine finch. This composition tries to suggest the presence of some of these species, attempting at the same time to give an idea of the complexity of an ecosystem which behind an apparent poverty hides a series of extraordinary cycles of matter and energy.

Live recorded at Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (Italy) on June 7th, 2023
Elio Marchesini, percussioni

Alpinetum

Leonardo Mezzalira, Simone Tessari
«Disturbance» for bass clarinet and a disturbing agent
Andrea Agrati, bass clarinet
Simone Tessari, disturbing agent

«Disturbance» is an ecological term that refers to an external factor that interrupts an ecological succession forcing an ecosystem to regress to a previous phase of its cycle. This performance employs this concept as the driving force not only of a potential musical form, but also to a model of interaction between a performer with a written – however open – score and an improvising «disturbing agent».

Recorded at Forte Marghera, Italy
May 22nd, 2024

Disturbance (with Simone Tessari)

I.T.D.I.D. = "Io ti domo il demone"
for amplified & non-amplified objects

live recording
Leonardo Mezzalira - Matteo Polato - Pietro Ferreri - Giovanni Salice - performers
 I Sabati di Primavera, Auditorium Pollini, Padova (IT)
03 - 06 - 2017

I.T.D.I.D.

Disciplina III
for contrabass clarinet, trombone, electric guitar and percussions

live recording
Martino Olivieri - Gabriele Rossetti - Massimiliano Chiaretti - Roberto Marchione - conductor:  Stefano Ferrario

Final concert of the Residency in Salorno
Sala Michelangeli, Bolzano (IT)
04 - 07 - 2017

Disciplina III

mineralia; (alia)
for violin, contrabass clarinet, trombone, electric guitar & percussions

live recording 
Massimiliano Cova - Martino Olivieri - Gabriele Rossetti - Massimiliano Chiaretti - Roberto Marchione - conductor: Stefano Ferrario

Final concert of the Residency in Salorno
Sala Michelangeli; Bolzano (IT)
04 - 07 - 2017

mineralia; (alia)

animalium partes
for wind quintet

live recording
Ensemble di Fiati dell'ISSM Mascagni

Final concert of the masterclass of Yan Maresz
Fortezza Vecchia, Livorno (IT)
03 - 09 - 2017

animalium partes

Sadness Machine
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano

live recording

Concerto dei nuovi compositori
Auditorium Pollini, Padova (IT)
03 - 06 - 2019

Sadness Machine

Stelle
for solo piano
commission of Amici della Musica di Padova

live recording

Luca Chiandotto, piano
Chiesa di Ognissanti, Padova (IT)
04 - 10 - 2020

Leonardo Mezzalira

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