William Engelen, Verstrijken

United Instruments of Lucilin is associated artist of the 2022 edition of November Music. The ensemble will present 4 exclusive concerts during the 2 weekends of the festival, thus giving an overview of its versatility and wide repertoire.

During the first weekend, Lucilin focuses on the work of Dutch sound artist William Engelen. William Engelen (1964), who operates from Berlin, makes installations and compositions at the lively intersection of visual art and music. The boundaries of image and sound are stretched to the limit by Engelen, always looking for new possibilities of expression. Engelen searches for unusual notation methods, such as sculptures, complete installations with objects and folded books on music stands.

During this first concert, André Pons-Valdès, violinist of the ensemble, will present Verstrijken by William Engelen (b. 1964, Weert, Netherlands). This piece refers to a method for composing music that the artist and composer has used since 2005. The sound work is based on journals that the artist transcribed as a score for a solo instrument. It is conceived as a form of self-portraiture, where the musicians perform an episode from their personal history as music. For this iteration the artist has worked with musician André Pons-Valdès who kept a diary for seven days which was transformed by Engelen into a forty-four-minute violin solo score.

William Engelen, Verstrijken

With :
André Pons-Valdès, violin.