For solo Flute, performed by Lucia Gonzalez for whom the piece is also dedicated. 

This piece was inspired by the following poem by the late Leonard Cohen.

***
I had the title Poet
and maybe I was one
for a while
Also the title Singer
was kindly accorded me
even though
I could barely carry a tune
For many years
I was known as a Monk
I shaved my head and wore robes
and got up very early
I hated everyone
and no one found me out
My reputation
as a Ladies’ Man was a joke
It caused me to laugh bitterly
through the ten thousand nights
I spent alone
From a third-storey window
above the Parc du Portugal
I’ve watched the snow
come down all day
As usual
there’s no one here
There never is
Mercifully
the inner conversation
is cancelled
by the white noise of winter…

- Leonard Cohen, Book of Longing

Diverse. Odd. Eccentric.

There's No One Here, There Never Was

As a Composer and Musician I am interested in a combination of electronic and chamber instrumental music, combining live audio and mixing. I am passionate about the notion of spontinaity that can be obtained through free improvisation and the infinite possibilities in how art and sound can be used in tandem to compliment and enhance one another.

I am also one half of the experimental music collaborations @phaser-ensori and  Erwartung (@marlene-radice & @campbellumbers ).

There's No One Here, There Never Was

Marlene Claudine Radice