!@! for 2 flutes and piano (2018)
Composer’s note
This piece marks a brief interlude in my fascination with algorithmic music. Although the interlude is only apparent – to me, the composer is the archetype of a programmer :-). The title – which deliberately exists only in written form – has something (I hope, not immediately obvious) in common with the piece’s form, its structure, as well as its source of algorithmic inspiration. I always leave the interpretation up to the listeners, and I’m curious to see how it varies. Harmony and improvisation are very important to me, and their connections with my Piano Concerto can probably be discerned. In both elements, the contribution of Agata, Łukasz and Andrzej is crucial, and I am very happy that it is they who breathe the !@! of their sensibilities and expression into the piece.
— Adrian M. Foltyn
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Composer
Adrian M. Foltyn
Born in 1978, a graduate of the Academy of Music in Wrocław, where he studied under Stanisław Krupowicz, and a member of the Polish Composers’ Union. His works have been performed at national and international festivals of new music, including Musica Polonica Nova, Musica Electronica Nova and The Dutch Music Days, and have been broadcast on Radio Netherlands Music, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Polish Radio Programme 2. He is a prize-winner of international and national composition competitions, including the Dutch „Yo” Foundation Competition for Euphonicumfor choir and symphony orchestra (2004), first prize at the T. Baird Young Composers’ Competition (2005) for Son’tasy 2.1 for two pianos and electronic media, and third prize at the ZAIKS Composition Competition for his Piano Concerto (2008).
