Since I started composing I have always worked with series of tempos, even superimposed the music of different groups of musicians, of singers, instrumentalists who play and sing in different tempos simultaneously and then meet every now and then in the same tempo.
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In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm.
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And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.
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I no longer limit myself.
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And now even composers are proud of asking people to experience silent moments up to two or three minutes in a given piece of music.
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