ESTINTO - Pierre-Yves Martel (Montréal, Canada)
NELL THOMAS / JONNY MARKS
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ESTINTO
Pierre-Yves Martel (viola da gamba) performances are characterized by slow music, extended in time and riven by isolated events in a frame of silence. Through restraint, observation and control, the interplay of viola da gamba and harmonica opens a space wherein each instrument can extinguish itself and finally blend into a single unearthly soundscape.
Like a painter working at the intersection of shadow and light, Pierre-Yves Martel gives voice to silence in a subtle play in which every intervention draws, in ghostly lines, the contours of a sonic architecture that is both distinct and enigmatic. The constancy with which Pierre-Yves Martel explores a single idea in order to give form to empty space make this work a fascinating exploration of spatiality and time, and an invitation to reflect.
The viola da gamba is a Renaissance and Baroque era instrument, a precursor to the modern orchestral cello.
AUDIO www.pymartel.com/estinto
NELL THOMAS / JONNY MARKS
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