MATTEO RAMON AREVALOS
CONCERTO AL BUIO
From the concert in the dark at Area Sismica, this new album CONCERTO AL BUIO is born from the ReR Megacorp label.
Thanks to Area Sismica and the Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired of Forlì.
“This is a highly unusual work intended to be listened to in complete darkness, one of a series of ‘Concerts in the Dark’ held at Area Sismica, in Italy. Remastered by Bob Drake, this excellent, very high-quality recording made at the event, captures the experience - the intense atmosphere as much as the minutely focused performance. This is not a conventional piece for piano or what you’d expect of a well-lit improvisation it make the most of sounds coming from the dark, with visual source of information to explain them. Matteo Ramon Arevalos, by day a virtuoso concert pianist, works here interactively with the whole instrument, inside and out, with a focus on sound and gesture - as well as some extraordinary extended technical mastery - to create clouds of pure sound, passages of mystery, stretches of stylistic inference - and a timeless finale. At the end it’s hard to believe that 43 minutes have passed. Especially if you listen in the dark.”
ReR Megacorp