Max Savikangas
Extrasolar
Description
The title Extrasolar refers to a planet or being existing outside of our Solar System. What could be a life supporting planet in deep space be like? What would its living beings be like? What would our encounter with their civilization be like? Would they have music and what would it be like? What is otherness in general? What does it mean to be an alien? What is alienation?
Instrumentation
vla, pno
Category
Chamber Works
Premiere
Performed as an obligatory work in the XI National Juvenalia Chamber Music Competition 2017 in Espoo, Finland
Commisioned by / dedications
Commissioned by the Juvenalia Music Institute (Espoo, Finland)