In my opinion, in a loud world, in which we live today, for many people around the world, silence has the value music used to have traditionally. How can these beliefs influence my work as a composer? How can I convey as an artist this interchange of the value of music and the value of silence? How can these new values be represented on the musical score?
Still life is an art that represents inanimate objects; an art already present in the Egyptian Tomb of Menna in the fifteenth century BC, or in a mural from Pompeii in the first century AD. The Italian Jacopo de Barbari (c. 1460/70–1516) is considered the first known painter to create still life in 1504, a painting titled Still Life with Partridge and Gauntlets. But it was in the Netherlands during the 1600s where the term “still life” was adopted from the Dutch word stilleven. In the last decades, modern painters such as Michaël Borremans, Fernando Botero, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Alex Katz, Yayoi Kusama, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol expanded this genre, proving it to be still very alive. Still life art often includes symbolism through the depicted objects. It tells a story without uttering a word; the artistry of communicating a compelling story within the frame. Each carefully selected object becomes a silent storyteller, weaving a tale that captivates the viewer. A decaying flower might symbolize the transient nature of life, while a skull might mean mortality. Symbolism and storytelling, as in traditional still life art, are, therefore, important elements in my works Still Life with Silence.
«Still Life with Silence», Vortex Music Journal:
https://periodicos.unespar.edu.br/index.php/vortex/article/view/7056/5030
List of Exhibitions «Still-Leben mit Stille» (Still Life with Silence)
September. 27 (individual)
Galería Espacio Abierto. Jerez, Spain
November. 26
Exhibition “40 Jahre AIR Stadt Salzburg”. Museumspavillon. Salzburg, Austria
October-November. 26
Exhibition “Still Life with Silence”. Jakobkreuz . St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Austria
March. 26
Exhibition “Still Life with Silence”. VI Encuentro Internacional de Compositores. CSM Manuel Castillo. Sevilla, Spain
November. 25 (individual)
Kunstfieber Festival. Fieberbrunn, Austria
October. 25 (individual)
Colegio Español. Cité Universitaire. Paris, France
September 25 (group) Loft393, New York, USA
November. 24 (group, «AIR Künstler*innenaustausch 2024 Stadt Salzburg») Galerie Mozartplatz 5. Salzburg, Austria
October. 23 (individual)
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. Vilnius, Lithuania
January-February. 23 (individual)
Pärnu City Library. Pärnu, Estonia
November. 22 (group, «AIR Künstler*innenaustausch 2020 Stadt Salzburg»)
Galerie Mozartplatz 5. Salzburg, Austria
September. 22 (individual)
KoncertKirken. Copenhagen, Denmark
September. 22 (group, «Peace and Cultural Diversity» Art Exhibition»)
Yunus Emre Institut. Wien, Austria
July 2022 (individual)
Anderson Center Minnesota, USA
October. 21 (group, » Mondes Paralleles»)
Espace 7 Gallery in La Bastille. Paris, France
September. 21 (group, «Art Nest»)
Le Village Suisse (International Art Gallery). Paris, France
June. 21 (group, » Traverser ton Miroir»)
Cassiopée Café-Galerie. Paris, France
May. 21 (group, » Traverser ton Miroir»)
Espace 7 Gallery. Paris, France
November. 20 (group, «Tributo alla Zappa»)
KHG-Galerie Salzburg, Austria
October. 20 (individual)
Fábrica da Criatividade. Castelo Branco, Portugal
September. 20 (group, «La Formule de l’Art»)
Arte al Paso Gallery. Paris, France
August. 20 (individual)
Festival “Vides Deja”, Līgatne, Latvia
August. 20 (individual)
Festival “Vides Deja”, Līgatne, Latvia
October. 19 (individual)
Museo Na Bolom. San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
August 19 (individual)
Tres50 Espacio Cultural. Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico
June. 19 (group)
Shakespeare. Salzburg, Austria
March. 19 (individual)
Museo Regional de Chiapas. Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
December. 18 (group, «Stille Nacht Heute»)
Sigl-Haus Museum. St. Georgen bei Salzburg, Austria
November. 18 (individual)
Instituto Cervantes. Lisbon, Portugal
September. 18 (individual) Ryogoku Monten Hall. Tokyo, Japan
August. 18 (individual)
Kharkov Stadtgalerie. Kharkov, Ukraine
January.18 (individual)
Galería “Arte a Diario”. Jerez, Spain
November.16 (group)
KHG-Galerie Salzburg, Austria
April.16 (group, «Musica con Vista»)
Musica con Vista. Sala Ammannati del Palazzo Ducale. Lucca, Italy
June.10 (group)
Kultur Bundesministerium, Vienna, Austria
16.10.09
Tag der jungen Kultur. Salzburg, Austria
Other Exhibitions
May 26 NEVERENDINGARTIST
KHG Gallery. Salzburg, Austria
October. 24 “Music.Silence.Peace”
KHG Gallery. Salzburg, Austria
November. 23 NEVERENDINGARTIST
Mozarteum University. Salzburg, Austria