Klangforum Wien - Alberto Posadas: Poetics of the Gaze (2018)

A major interest of the Spanish composer Alberto Posada is exploring the relationship between music, nature and mathematics. He also focuses on the connection between music and other forms of art. This portrait CD, featuring world premiere recordings of "Tratado de lo inasible", "Tres pinturas imaginaries" and "La Lumiere du Noir", comprehensively documents the influence of fine art on his compositions.

Alberto Posadas was born in Valladolid, Spain in 1967. He is regularly a composer-in-residence at IRCAM, has held scholarships from the Free State of Bavaria (Villa Concordia, Bamberg) and the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin, and was awarded the National Music Prize by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. His music is played at many festivals, including the Donaueschinger Musiktage, Eclat (Stuttgart), Ars Musica (Brussels), Ultima (Oslo), Klangspuren Schwaz (Tyrol), Ultraschall (Berlin), Musica Strasbourg and the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik.

Tracklist:
01. Klangforum Wien - Anamorfosis
02. Klangforum Wien - Tratado de lo inasible
03. Klangforum Wien - 3 Pinturas imaginarias: No. 1, Sfumato
04. Klangforum Wien - 3 Pinturas imaginarias: No. 2, Variaciones perforadas sobre un tema di Mondrian
05. Klangforum Wien - 3 Pinturas imaginarias: No. 3, Tachisme
06. Klangforum Wien - La lumière du noir