Introduction

The piece I wrote during my studies with Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt and which the composition teachers at the Hochschule Bremen regarded with complete incomprehension ("How can you judge that, you don't know what sounds together!") is a very clear, transparent piece. Built aleatorically, it consists of individual parts whose arrangement can be determined relatively freely within a given framework. The individual parts are reduced to a single sound towards the middle of the piece, but the connection remains clearly recognizable. The "empty" middle is thus primarily the memory of the listener. In the second half, the individual parts are rebuilt - differently - and the connection to the original element remains through similar forms of movement. The conclusion is composed of the element used only as a change marker.

The aleatoric playing aims above all at communication between the pianists. There is no rule for the correct distance. The approaching and removing remains in the uncertainty of constant searching. Only this holds the possibility of happiness, when for a fleeting moment the balance is found.

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