Performed by Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble. Daniel Curtis, conductor. Kresge Theatre, Pittsburgh - November 22, 2014

This composition develops around the image of death represented as the vanishing sound of footsteps disappearing into space, similarly to Japanese calligraphy strokes vanishing into the air.
As Andy Warhol put it, “I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything should just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there”.

Vanishing Echoes

Meditació sobre el dors d’una mà (Meditation on the back of a hand) is a work built around the idea of a meditation guided by the mental image of the back of a hand. In this way, the composition begins and ends with a chord that evokes the sound of a bell similar to the one that delimits a Zen meditation session. In between, the piece goes through the roughness and imperfections of the skin, in a continuous oscillation between calm attention and contained tension.

This work was premiered on May 19th 2018 by pianist Ricardo Descalzo in Barcelona.

Ruben Vizcaino

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