Improvisation
Hémisphères
Year 2019
Piano, electronics, 6-channel speaker setup, ca. 7 min
Premiere: San Francisco Conservatory, 2019 — Lukáš Janata (piano), Dariush Derakhshani (electronics)
Details
A surround sound composition where a microphone captures piano sound distributed across six speakers positioned throughout the performance space. The pianist faces away from the audience, with the keyboard visible and parallel to listeners, visually connecting the low and high registers to the hemispheric speaker arrangement.