Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Strings (plucked / bowed)

2 Violin, Viola, Cello

Performer(s)

"Tłumaczenie" ("Translation" in Polish) is a string quartet (written in 2014/15) that enquires how a traditional form can move beyond the repetition of old values, without changing its ‘format’. To do this, I developed a complex programme that uses (i) architecture as a pretext to expose and question different compositional problems, and (ii) the work of three Polish artists (Krzysztof Penderecki, Edward Krasiński and Stanisław Lem) to expand the semantic reach of the work. These references are also used as methodological approaches (a meta-programme) that inform about the processes carried out, and suggest different views on the translation problem through the configuration of different types of scores (written, graphic, and sonic) that ask for the collaborative creativity of the quartet.

Diogo Alvim

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Tlumaczenie	Premiere	2015/Apr/22	Sonorities Festival	SARC	Belfast	Ireland	Royal String Quartet	Notes

Documents
	Type (+ sub-type)	Cover/edition title Document title	Authors	Referring to	Publisher	Date
	Audio	Tłumaczenie · III [After Lem] · Partitura Sonora/ Sound Score		tlumaczenie Diogo Alvim		2020
	Scores	Diogo Alvim · Tłumaczenie  Tłumaczenie | Link – Sound Score [III (After Lem)]		tlumaczenie Diogo Alvim	Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa	2020 2020