“What counts most with colors are relationships” (Henri Matisse)
The piece Crama is a commission of the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University. The title of the piece refers to a homogeneous mixture that consists of two or more elements mixed together. The result usually has different properties, sometimes substantially different, from those of its initial components. The piece is rather focused to form a solid unified sonic image composed of gestures, articulations, postures, rhythmical figures, textures and spectrum changes all grouped into a single composite sonic entity. In Crama, I see the performer as sound sculptor who is working on a huge statue with tools for jewelleries. Me as a composer I have to guide and inspire him/her for the ‘best strike’ the best sound. This piece was awarded the First Prize at Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award 2007 in Lugano / Switzerland. www.panayiotiskokoras.com