— First Prize at the 8th Biennial Acousmatic Composition Competition Métamorphoses 2014 (Belgium), Finalist (Sonic Research Category) at the 2014 Sonic Arts Award (Italy) and Honorary Mention at the Musica Nova International Competition of Electroacoustic Composition 2013 (Czech Republic)

(Duration 8′ 03” – For best audio experience listen to the work with headphones.)

The title of this acousmatic work is a game of words. Translated into English that would read “Boil slowly for 8 minutes”, a looser translation could be “Boil a piano for 8 minutes”. The inspiration for this work came to me one day cooking whilst listening to some piano music on the radio. The contrast of the granular sound of boiling water or oil and the rich, harmonious sounds of the piano appealed to me. As we are boiling the piano (for 8 minutes), the piano sounds are rather dark and at some point melancholic as if it gave up any hope of escaping the boiling oil… The sound sources for this piece are: piano recorded at the studios of Musiques & Recherches (Brussels) and boiling water/oil and cutlery from my kitchen.

Performances:

23 May 2015 — Ars Electronica – Forum Wallis, Festival für Neue Musik (Switzerland).

15 October 2014 — 21e Festival Acousmatique International L’Espace du Son. (BE)

2 October 2014 — INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC – CIME / ICEM Festival and Conference, University of North Texas, Denton Texas.

31 May 2014 — LEMAts Festival at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Sevilla.

24 Apr 2014 — Festival Mixtur, Barcelona.

19 Mar 2014 — ÉlectroBelge, Espace Senghor, Brussels.

28 Jan 2014 — Phonos UPF, Barcelona.

5 Jan 2014 — San Francisco Tape Music Festival.

17 Dec 2013 — Hungarian Culture Centre, Prague.