...calme et volupté
Strings (54331). Composed and premiered in 2025. Musiques Nouvelles ensemble, conducted by Jean-Paul Dessy. Commissioned by “Le Botanique,” the cultural center of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Unpublished. Duration: 10m 30s.
'...calme et volupté' draws its inspiration from the dreamlike and hypersensitive world of the repertoire of the Belgian singer,
flutist, and composer Mélanie de Biasio. Her album 'Il viaggio', released in 2023, serves as the central source
of the musical material used—not so much literally as in the spirit of an instrumental translation of the soundscapes
evoked throughout the tracks. With '...calme et volupté', Baudelairean spleen finds expression in a contemporary echo
of the introspections of our world in search of the Truth, rooted in the most intimate depths of the soul.