Latin American Electroacoustic Music Collection

Ricardo Dal Farra, Ashram [tape part only], 1991
(Argentina)



Recording time: 8 min 42 s.
Instruments: For mukha veena and tape (or live electronics)
Recorded at: Estudio de Música Electroacústica. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Other resources available:
- Biography of Ricardo Dal Farra
- Compositions by Ricardo Dal Farra

About this composition:

Ashram is a mixed piece for Mukha Veena and tape I composed in 1991.

The work was commissioned by American composer, multimedia artist and virtuoso instrumentalist Joseph Celli.

The word "ashram" means rural refuge, and makes reference to the Guru's (master) house where the disciple or student, live, work and learn.

Ashram was premiered on December of 1991 at Tulsa Artists Coalition in Oklahoma, United States.

Acerca de la obra:

Es una obra mixta para Mukha Veena y cinta compuesta en 1991 por Ricardo Dal Farra.

Fué realizada por encargo del compositor, artista multimedial y virtuoso intrumentista norteamericano Joseph Celli, quién interpreta el instrumento acústico en esta grabación. Los sonidos de la cinta magnética fueron realizados a partir del procesamiento de sonidos de Mukha Veena.

La palabra "ashram" significa refugio rural, y se refiere a la casa del Gurú (maestro) donde el estudiante o discípulo, vive, trabaja y se educa.

"Ashram" se estrenó en diciembre de 1991 en la "Tulsa Artists Coalition" de Oklahoma, Estados Unidos.

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