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2024   Exvot V: "Die blinde Kuh" for e-violin, organ pedal, cow bells, pre-recorded track (20').

Premiered on August 12th 2024 in Köln Stadtgarten by Sara Cubarsi. Commission funded by IfM Köln. PDF

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2018   Exvot III (2017) re-arranged in 2018 for self-accompanied violinist, foot-pedal and bells (11’). 

Premiered in La Pedrera, Barcelona, on 17/09/2018 by Sara Cubarsi. Second Premiere in Madrid, Fundación Juan March on 25/11/2018 by Sara Cubarsi. VIDEO  AUDIO

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2018   Exvot IV: organistrum for solo violinist on two differently tuned amplified violins, inverted bow, retuned foot-midi-keyboard, sheep bell, vocals, with interactive paintings made by Sara Cubarsi (53’). [needs a sound engineer off-stage] 

Premiered on 11/04/2018 by Sara Cubarsi Wild Beast Concert Hall. VIDEO

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2015   Hummings for singing violinist and a D-drone (7'). 

Premiere: December 2015 by Sara Cubarsi, SF Centre for New Music (San Francisco)

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2013   Microtonal Etudes for solo violin

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2 performers:

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2023/24   La langue des gargouilles for natural horn, electric keyboard and prepared piano (19’).

Premiered at the Lucerne Festival on 05/09/2023 by Ben Goldscheider and Richard Uttley, commissioned by the I&I Foundation. PDF  AUDIO

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2016/2019   l’alumini no s’encén fàcilment II for baroque violin, pre-recorded track, whistle, electric keyboard and an aluminum sheet (18’).

Premiered on 17/02/2019 at La Pedrera, Barcelona by Lo Desconcert. AUDIO

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2018   landscapes from mikrokosmos (microtonal arrangements from Bartók’s Mikrokosmos) for violin & viola (15’).

Premiered on 24/03/2018 by Duo falcone | cubarsi at the MicroFest festival, Boston Court (L.A., Passadena). PDF

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2016   aluminium does not easily ignite, for violin, midi-keyboard and transducers on a large sheet of aluminium (17').

Premiere: October 17th 2016 by James Rushford and Sara Cubarsi, R.O.D. Hall (L.A.). AUDIO-1  AUDIO-2

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2015   53 Colors for violin and double bass (7').

Premiere on November 29th 2015 by Ben Finley and Sara Cubarsi

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2015   250 Colors for two violins in scordatura (ca. 10 mins).

Premiered on May 28th 2015 by Mayah Kadish and Sara Cubarsi (ensemble x.y), Brunel Museum (London).

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3 performers:

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2024   Skizzen aus Bingen - three chants by Hildegard von Bingen, creatively arranged by Sara Cubarsi (7').

Premiere on Oct 5th 2024 in Ventana Köln (zamus) by Duo Auxesis & Marlies Debacker. PDF

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2023   La langue des gargouilles (for 3) for natural horn, electric keyboard, prepared piano and large tam-tam (19’).

Premiered at the Lucerne Festival on 05/09/2023 by Ben Goldscheider and Richard Uttley, commissioned by the I&I Foundation. PDF  AUDIO

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2022   Harmonic flow: GIAN PIETRO DEL BUONO for three violins in just intonation (7’26’’).

Recording for Another Timbre by violinists Xenia Gogu, Hannah Weirich, and Sara Cubarsi, to be released.  PDF

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2021   Exvot (2017/2021) for retuned electric keyboard, baroque violin, violone and sheep bells (14’).

Premiered in Felix Urban Festival on 28/08/2021 by Lo Desconcert. PDF

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2020   Diminutions on an adaption of Nicola Vicentino’s enharmonic madrigals for 2 violins and electric keyboard (6’).

Premiered at the Musikfabrik Studio on 02/03/20 by Hannah Weirich, Ulrich Löffler, and Sara Cubarsi. 

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2017   Exvot II for e-cellist and bow assistant with sheep bells, midi-keyboardist and sound projectionist (18’).

Premiered on 17/10/2017 by Derek Stein, Emi Tamura, David Aguila and Sara Cubarsi, R.O.D Hall (L.A.).   VIDEO

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2017   Exvot I for violin, cello, midi-keyboard and sheep bells (13’). 

Premiered on 06/04/2017 by ensemble x.y at St John Smith’s Square lunchtime concert series (London).   AUDIO

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2016   Exvot Study, a concert-installation for three performers, interactive film on canvas, water, tiny bells (50’). 

Premiered on 22/11/2016 by ensemble x.y (Elischa Kaminer, Maya Kadish, Sara Cubarsi), R.O.D. Hall (L.A.).

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2015   442 Colors for three violins in scordatura.

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4 performers:

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2024   TERRA COCTA for tromba marina, viola d’amore, hardanger fiddle and electric keyboard (10’). 

Premiere on Oct 5th 2024 in Ventana Köln (zamus), funded by the Kunststiftung NRW. PDF

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2016   64 Colors, for string quartet (16').

Premiere: January 31st 2016 by the Euler Quartet, ArtShare (L.A.)  AUDIO

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5 performers:

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2018   Cadenza for Ligeti’s Violin Concerto for solo violinist, with an improvised section with the scordatura soloists (vln, vla), double bass and an ocarina ​(2’).

Performed on 07/05/2018 by Sara Cubarsi and the Ensemble at CalArts, Wild Beast Concert Hall (Los Angeles).

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2016   2050 Colors from Bali, a concert-installation with the CalArts Balinese gamelan, 5 performers, laptop projection. Computer programming by Eric Heep (3 hours).

Premiere: April 6th 2016, CalArts L-Shape Gallery.

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2016   64 chords / Ludwig’s Ear, for string quartet, sine waves and white noise, with a 12x8ft interactive painting (60 min.).

Premiere: April 12th 2016 by the Euler Quartet and Luke Martin on laptop, R.O.D. Hall (L.A.). PDF

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8 performers:

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2015   Intonation Study n. 2 for 8 strings (open, ca. 8')

Premiered on November 22nd 2015 by CalArts performers, Wild Beast Hall (L.A.)

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10 performers:

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2017   Exvot III: backgrounds for scordatura solo violin, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos with bells attached to their arms, and re-tuned midi- keyboard (17’). 

Premiered on 11/12/2017 by soloist Violeta Cubarsi, with the CalArts Ensemble, R.O.D. Concert Hall (L.A.).

PDF  VIDEO-1  VIDEO-2

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2016   Concerto for a Painting, for 9 strings, piano and an interactive painting by the composer (18').

Premiere: May 9th 2016 by the CalArts Ensemble, Wild Beast Hall (L.A.). PDF  VIDEO

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2015  Microtonal Spiral for a group of string instruments (open score, 12').

Premiered on October 7th 2015 by CalArts performers, R.O.D. Hall (L.A.)

open instruction score for a group of instruments that can play a glissando.

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