Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Keyboards	Piano
Strings (plucked / bowed)	Violin, Cello

Performer(s)

Akte II, for Violin, Cello, Piano and Artistic Installation is the second project in a cycle of pieces inspired by the artistic actions of the Austrian painter Hermann Nitsch, one of the most emblematic figures of Vienna's actionism. It's a collaboration between composer João Moreira and artist Maria Silveira that results in a sound and visual installation that makes sound and image reflect each other.
The exploration of the timbral and dynamic limits of the different instruments, in dense layers of counterpoint, combining serialist techniques and saturated material typologies, turn the sound into an almost aggressive rupture that cannot be ignored.
The intense soundscape is accompanied by a painting in movement and evolution, creating a whole sensory narrative that is in agreement, extending in time and space in the same way. Patches of sound and colour increase and decrease in intensity, in improbable and challenging structures that build a territory of discomfort in which nothing is predictable or safe.
In this way,Akte II becomes not just a musical approach, but a total artistic experience, inviting the audience to explore the interconnections between artistic languages and indulge in a unique and provocative sensory journey.

João e Maria

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Akte II	Premiere	2024/Feb/18		Auditório da Fundação de Serralves	Porto	Portugal	Ars an Hoc Ricardo Carvalho (flute) Horácio Ferreira (clarinet) Diogo Coelho (violin) Gonçalo Lélis (cello) João Casimiro Almeida (piano)	Notes