On the occasion of the celebrations for the bicentennial of Peru’s Independence, as part of my artistic residency with the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru and in partnership with the 2e2m ensemble, I composed an orchestral fresco entitled Mater Natura. This work, composed of four movements, for four solo musicians, orchestra and electronics, takes the form of a hybrid concerto grosso. The solo instruments are the flute, saxophone, percussion and piano. Each movement, associated with an element of classical theory, is composed around a predominant timbre or tonic timbre, that of one of the solo instruments. This tonic timbre is metamorphosed by its crossing with other timbres of the orchestra and electronics. The orchestra is hybridized using a device composed of transducers and skin percussion instruments, installed on stage. This technique, specific to my work, allowed me to erase the boundaries between electronic sounds and instrumental sounds by merging them in the same space: that of the orchestra.
Mater Natura is dedicated to the conductor Léo Margue and the ensemble 2e2m and was created on June 17, 2024 in the auditorium of the Aubervilliers Conservatoire by the union of the orchestras of Pôle Supérieur 93, Pôle Supérieur Paris Boulogne-Billancourt and the ensemble 2e2m. The composition of this piece was supported by the aid for writing an original musical work from the French Ministry of Culture in 2024.