Hertha
HERTHA is my most significant work for vocal ensemble (as of 2023), created in collaboration with the Equilibrium ensemble as part of a project highlighting underrepresented Austrian female poets. Inspired by the life and tragic death of Hertha Kräftner, the piece, divided into seven movements, explores her final moments through fragmented and complete verses of her poetry, weaving themes of love, desire, death, and the haunting image of twilight.
Instrumentation: Female Vocal Ensemble SSAA divisi
Duration: 20-25’
Composition year: 2023
First performance: 17/11/23; Alte Schmiede (Vienna, Austria)
Performer: Equilibrium Vokalensemble
Tale Of The Phoenix
Tale Of The Phoenix was composed for the Conservatory of Parma's summer concert series, exploring "folklore" and "experimentalism." Inspired by an AI reflection likening itself to a phoenix reborn with new knowledge, the piece portrays human fears of being surpassed, losing creativity, and losing autonomy of thought.
Instrumentation: Soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, piano
Duration: 12’
Composition year: 2023
First performance: 22/09/23; CSAC Parma (Parma, Italy)
Performer: Nyeongeun Kwon (s), Victoria Vasquez Jurado (ms), Anna Geremia (a), Carlo Manganaro (pf)
A Dream Within A Dream
Based on the poem by E. A. Poe, A Dream Within A Dream was selected for the 2021 international Voices of Spirit festival in Graz, Austria, and premiered during the event. The composition mirrors the poem’s structure, with two simultaneous vocal groups singing the poem’s stanzas as intertwined layers, creating a flowing, dreamlike harmony that culminates in a unified final verse.
Instrumentation: eight voices SATB divisi
Duration: 3’
Composition year: 2021
First performance: 15/05/21, Fux Konservatorium (Graz, Austria)
Performer: Ensemble-In-Residence