ICMC/25/d1/1400 Concert n02/08 Ars Suita
Ars Suita 10min
Description
- Ars Suita (the art of the suite) is an acousmatic work that revisits the panegyric trio suite “Concert instrumental sous le titre d`Apothéose de Monsieur de Lully”, composed by Person/Francois Couperin (1668-1733) and published in Paris in 1735. This suite serves as an homage to the French composer Person/Jean-Baptiste Lully, who was one of the most important composers of the French Baroque era. As the music director of the royal court of France, Lully’s compositions had a significant impact on French musical style. Couperin’s “Apotheosis” is a suite of pieces that includes a prelude, several dances, and a final chaconne. The suite showcases Couperin’s skill in composing for a variety of instrumental combinations, including strings, winds, and continuo. Its graceful melodies, refined harmonies, and intricate counterpoint are all characteristic of the French Baroque style.
- Ars Suita is structured in nine movements that follow the same structure as the original piece by Couperin. The material for each of the movements is derived from an audio recording of the original “Apotheosis” with early music instruments. Each movement uses a different sound processing technique, creating a particular sonic character for each part of this acousmatic suite.
- Like many Baroque composers, Couperin paid tribute to his predecessors and contemporaries through his music. In the same spirit, Ars Suita is a small homage to Couperin, and indirectly to Lully. Composed in a home studio and mastered at CITALAB, Department of Electrical Engineering, Campus San Joaquín, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Composer - Person/Rodrigo F. Cadiz
- Rodrigo F. Cádiz is a composer, researcher and engineer. He studied composition and electrical engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) in Santiago and he obtained his Ph.D. in Music Technology from Uni/Northwestern. His compositions, consisting of approximately 70 works, have been presented at several venues and festivals around the world. His catalogue considers works for solo instruments, chamber music, symphonic and robot orchestras, visual music, computers, and new interfaces for musical expression. He has received several composition prizes and artistic grants both in Chile and the US. He has authored around 70 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals and international conferences. His areas of expertise include sonification, sound synthesis, audio digital processing, computer music, composition, new interfaces for musical expression and the musical applications of complex systems. He has obtained research funds from Chilean governmental agencies, such Fondecyt and CNCA. He received a Google Latin American Research Award (LARA) in the field of auditory graphs. In 2018, Rodrigo was a composer in residence with the Uni/Stanford/Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) at the Uni/Stanford/CCRMA Center for Computer-based Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), and a Tinker Visiting Professor at the Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University. In 2019, he received the prize of Excellence in Artistic Creation from UC, given for outstanding achievements in the arts. In 2024, he was a visiting researcher at the Orpheus Instituut in Belgium. He is currently full professor at the Music Institute and Electrical Engineering Department of UC.