EX[TENSION] WAS BORN FROM THE IDEA OF LEAVING THE CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE FOR THE MARIMBA, WHICH IS ALREADY OVERCROWDED AND OVERPLAYED, AND TO EXTEND AND MAXIMIZE THE INSTRUMENT AND ITS SOUND, THROUGH THE INCORPORATION OF NEW EXTENDED TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTS:
A MARIMBA THAT IS ALWAYS FIXED, TO WHICH DIFFERENT COMPLEMENTS ARE ADDED, IN ORDER TO BROADEN ITS SOUND ESPECTRUM.
THIS IS DONE IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS, WITH EACH PIECE OF THE PROGRAM: ARQUITECTURAS DE LA SOMBRA GIVES A WIDE NEW SPECTRUM OF LOW METAL SOUNDS (WICH, SURPRISINGLY, FIT PERFECTLY WITH THE SOUND OF THE MARIMBA WOOD). MANI.MATTA COMPLETELY OPENS UP THE SOUND POSSIBILITIES OF THE MARIMBA, THROUGH THE MODIFICATION OF ITS SOUND BOTH WITH THE HANDS, NEW WAYS OF PLAYING IT AND THE USE OF LOG DRUMS AND A WOODBLOCK. IDEM ALMOST LITERALLY EXTENDS THE MARIMBA BY ADDING 11 WOODBLOCKS, FORMING A SEPARATE MELODIC LINE.
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THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED FOR THE FINAL STAGES OF THE BERLIN PRIZE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF WHICH SEVERAL OF ITS WORKS WERE RECORDED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS ELBPHILHARMONIE HAMBURG IN AUGUST 2021 AND, AS PART OF THE PRIZE, WILL BE PERFORMED AT THE MUSIKBRAUEREI BERLIN IN JUNE 2022.
