KARL FIORINI (b. 1979)

IN THE MIDST OF THINGS
PIANO AND CHAMBER MUSIC

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CHARLENE FARRUGIA, piano
DIMITRI ASHKENAZY, clarinet
REBECCA RAIMONDI, violin
STEFAN KROPFITSCH, cello

‘I met Karl Fiorini for the first time in London in 2007. At the time he was working intensely on seeking new musical paths overcoming academicism. I was quickly immersed within his novel ideas. Our artistic partnership has since evolved and deepened from time spent between Malta and Venice, moving on to Brussels, Paris and Vienna, and over the years we've developed a lasting, great friendship. Interpreting Fiorini’s music has been a particularly effective journey for me. Technically, intellectually, spiritually, his Piano Sonata is enormously difficult – a work where virtuosity and physical facility is not merely a question of speed or dexterity but a means towards the realisation of sound and the absolute control of its release.’ – Charlene Farrugia