Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Winds and Brass	Clarinet, Bassoon
Keyboards	Piano

Performer(s)

Merakimera - is the realisation of a project at the request of the Xenagos Trio made up of Rui Soares (clarinet), Beatriz Rios (bassoon) & Rafael Pinto (piano), which I immediately joined with enthusiasm. My first thought was of the group's youthfulness, which inspired the title that results from the combination of two words: "MERAKI", a Greek word that means putting your soul into everything you do, where affection should shine through in every detail; and "QUIMERA", which transports us to the imagination, evokes desire and triggers fantasy. This new word inspired the structuring of the notes from the set [0, 1, 2, 4, 5], rhythm and form. Fruition followed! The main motifs of the piece were composed at a time when war broke out in Ukraine, with unfortunate and dramatic consequences, influencing its sonority to emerge with some fury!

Lino Pinto

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Merakimera	Premiere	2024/Mar/03	Temporada de Música de Câmara Jovem	O'culto da Ajuda	Lisbon	Portugal	Xenagos Trio Rui Soares (clarinet) Beatriz Rios (basson) Rafael Pinto (piano)	Notes