The gaze
per pianoforte solo
2014
This work depicts a spectator’s state of gazing. The gaze—a steady intent look—possesses two different aspects. It is seemingly static when the gazer is being observed, while it can be filled with mobile emotions from the inner world of the gazer.The externally static aspect is reflected in the use of the basic material —the opening symmetrical chord— which has a balanced and timeless quality. Internally, the gaze is filled with enigmatic emotions imaginable for an observer: nonchalance, turbulence or any emotions in between. These are revealed in the course of the music which ends with a series of dynamic gestures.”
Chia-Ying Lin
INFO
- Titolo: The gaze
- Organico: pianoforte solo
- Anno di composizione: 2014
- Durata: 11’- 12’ circa
- Prima esecuzione: Mänttä Music Festival on 07 August 2015 in Mänttä, Finland.
- Ascolti: Juhani Lagerspetz at XVII Mänttä Music Festival, Finland.
- Numero di catalogo: E404-019
- ISMN cartaceo: 9790520240352
- ISMN digitale: 9790520240345
| 07 agosto 2015 Juhani Lagerspetz, pianoforte Mänttä (Finlandia) – Mänttä Music Festival |
| 23 aprile 2017 Taipei (Taiwan) – Taiwan International Music Festival, |
| 14 ottobre 2017 Ho Yuan-Chen, pianoforte Taipei (Taiwan), Eslite Performance Hall |
| dicembre 2018 Francia, Royaumont Foundation |
| 08 marzo 2019 Roma, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Sala Casella |
| 06 settembre 2019 Yu-Ting Huang, pianoforte Lucerna (Svizzera), Schlössli Wartegg – Yu-Ting Huang’s Tour |
| 15 ottobre 2019 Yu-Ting Huang, pianoforte Parigi (Francia), Galerie Hus – Yu-Ting Huang’s Tour |
| 27 ottobre 2019 Yu-Ting Huang, pianoforte Murrhardt (Germania), Trude-Schüle-Stiftung – Yu-Ting Huang’s Tour |
| 03 novembre 2019 Yu-Ting Huang, pianoforte Murrhardt (Germania), Trude-Schüle-Stiftung – Yu-Ting Huang’s Tour |
| dicembre 2019 Ho Yuan-Chen, pianoforte Solo album feat. «The Gaze» T-MAP, Taiwan |
| 13 febbraio 2023 Liang-yu Wang, pianoforte Gand (Belgio), Concertzaal |
Hufvudstadsbladet (Mats Liljeroos, 09 August 2015): “Lagerspetz started by playing the piece by the 25-year old third-prize winner Chia-Ying Lin from Taiwan. The piece The Gaze lasts about 10 minutes and it combines elements from contemporary and traditional aesthetics in an exciting way, as it combines the use of distant and bass registers. Sometimes one could recognise Messiaenistic ecstasy in the music, but often it also seemed that Lin had found her own way to handle the instrument.” (English version translated from Swedish)
Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music, Taiwan in August 2020:“Gazing and being gazed, still and moving, less and more, inner and extrinsic: all inseparably coexist. The composer set out to explore the movement and stillness, showing a dynamic space of ‘inclusiveness’ and creating ultra quality with its sophisticated harmony, strength and texture”. (English version translated from Traditional Chinese)
11 agosto 2020, nominated as Best Composition for the 31st Golden Melody Award, National Center for Traditional Arts, Taiwan. Ho Yuan-Chen solo album Dasein