“Deceptions” (2015) for trumpet and piano

Publications: IMC

Performances:
02 Jube 2016 –  ITG conference, Anaheim, CA, USA
Robert Frear  – trumpet

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The piece “Deceptions” for trumpet and piano was inspired and influenced by the artwork of the famous graphic master M.C. Esher who`s artistic output is in many ways about creating a sense of illusion and visual ambiguity. Whereas creating an illusory effect in the visual realm is well known and quite palpable, in the sonic\musical realm it should be represented with less obvious means due to a more abstract nature of the medium and its perception. The ambiguity is expressed here on different levels – rhythmic, melodic but also stylistic. For example it is never really clear whether certain characteristic rhythmic and melodic patterns are to be heard as a kind of fusion-like improvisation or are they still in the realm of contemporary classical tradition (somewhat in the spirit of certain O.Messiaen passages) without crossing that fine and vague border. It seems that in many ways the future of music lies in this type of stylistic and cultural synthesis with less clear-cut borders in between, which started already in the second half of the last century and is getting more power and influence in present.

The piece was premiered by a renowned Yamaha Performing Artist Rob Frear at the Bob Cole Conservatory of music of California State University and the College of Arts in 2015 and is dedicated to this brilliant performer.

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