The field of music contains vast uncharted territory, and Spanish composer Javier Quislant is determined to break new ground. He is working in Rome on scholarship at the Spanish Royal Academy.
Here he explores new sounds to include in his compositions. For the last seven months he has been in Rome working on the final phase of his latest project, entitled “Sinuous Time.”
He is looking for inspiration in the archives of the church of Our Lady of Montserrat in the eternal city, where Tomás Luis de Victoria, one of the most influential Renaissance composers in the world, once worked.
JAVIER QUISLANT
Composer
“I went there, and I've seen the other works they have, impressive manuscripts dating back to the 14th century. And Tomás Luis de Victoria, what I extract from him is his character, it's a little bit abstract, but the sublimity: the connection of the music with the text, that even though my project here for string quartet doesn't carry text, it does try to approach a sublime aspect of listening.”
Javier Quislant isn't the only composer who is developing his project at the Spanish Royal Academy in Rome. Here, artists from all disciplines live together to develop their creative projects.
JAVIER QUISLANT
Composer
“On a personal level I've had very good experiences and results with all the people who have passed through, who have visited the Academy, professionals from the art world, from the world of cultural management, from the world of administration: politicians. They were invited by the Academy, where we've managed to build alliances, get in contact, exchange perspectives.”
His work will premiere in a concert on Dec. 7 at the Academy given by the Austrian orchestra Klangforum Wien.
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