HKO Screen - Jimmy López Bellido: Synesthésie
Janne Nisonen, conductor
Jimmy López Bellido: Synesthésie
Jimmy López Bellido (b. 1978) is one of the most highly-acclaimed composers of his generation. He studied both in his native Peru, in Helsinki, and in masterclasses with a host of celebrated composers. Synesthésie (2011) was commissioned by Radio France and in 2012 won first prize in the Nicola de Lorenzo composition competition in the USA. Its five movements address the five human senses and synesthetic experiences, i.e. seeing notes, numbers or letter as colours. Four of the movements each use only one section of the orchestra. The first is touch (timpani), the second smell (strings), the third taste (woodwinds) and the fourth hearing (brass and metal percussions). Of the fifth the composer says: “I chose the word vision instead of sight because it also suggests a state of revelation, which is the effect that I seek to generate when all instrumental groups finally play together. Furthermore, this movement reveals the harmonic structure of the piece in a very transparent way.”
Jimmy López Bellido: Synesthésie
Jimmy López Bellido (b. 1978) is one of the most highly-acclaimed composers of his generation. He studied both in his native Peru, in Helsinki, and in masterclasses with a host of celebrated composers. Synesthésie (2011) was commissioned by Radio France and in 2012 won first prize in the Nicola de Lorenzo composition competition in the USA. Its five movements address the five human senses and synesthetic experiences, i.e. seeing notes, numbers or letter as colours. Four of the movements each use only one section of the orchestra. The first is touch (timpani), the second smell (strings), the third taste (woodwinds) and the fourth hearing (brass and metal percussions). Of the fifth the composer says: “I chose the word vision instead of sight because it also suggests a state of revelation, which is the effect that I seek to generate when all instrumental groups finally play together. Furthermore, this movement reveals the harmonic structure of the piece in a very transparent way.”
