The machine doesn't want to take my money

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Composed by
Jana De Troyer
Instrument(s)
piano, prepared piano
With electronics
no
Work premiered
May 2022
Duration
8 minutes

for grand piano and financial resources

You can find the whole description on my website

[...] In this composition, different forms of money are used to prepare the piano. [...] The musical material is based on the stock prices of the Belgian BEL20 from January 1991 until March 2022.

I took the values from the beginning of each month (resulting in around 370 notes) and mapped them onto the 88 keys of the piano. This became the skeleton of the piece. Interestingly, events such as the financial crisis in 2007/08, the COVID pandemic, and the general unpredictability of the stock market made for fascinating developments.[...]

a playful piece
composition for piano
composition for solo instruments
conceptualmusic
Contemporary Classical Music
contemporary piano
money
Objects
prepared
prepared piano
sonification
zeitgenössiche Musik