“Lùmina” was finalist at the “…a Camillo Togni” composition contest and was premiered at Teatro Grande, Brescia (Italy) on November 26, 2006, by Dèdalo Ensemble.

Daniela Cima, flute Raffaello Negri, violin
Rocco Carbonara, clarinet Guido Boselli, cello
Elena Pasotti, piano Vittorio Parisi, conductor

Lùmina is a piece of electronic music made with acoustic instruments. In fact, it consist of two different concepts, each one recalling a particular approach to electronic music.

Sections 1, 3 and 5 draw inspiration from musique concrète, where the tape was cut into slices and recombined.

Sections 2, 4 and 6 refer to sound synthesis (and analysis).

“Lùmina” is a Latin word which means “light”, but also “aperture”.