Creation: 14 March 2019 at Théâtre de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, FR
Commissioner: Percussions de Strasbourg
Musicians: 4 percussionists
Duration: 15′
For this play written especially for the Percussions de Strasbourg, Gabriel Sivak drew on his personal memories of La Nueva, an early 20th century printing house in Andalusia, which belonged to a grandfather he never knew. The play La Nueva reveals the richness of printing as a sound source. The mechanics of the printing press allow many possibilities of timbres and dynamics, and the sheet, the ink, the different types of machines such as the lynotype, the monotype or the keyboards bring a rich play of musical textures. Gabriel Sivak is also interested in the historical aspect of printing, which allowed the first globalisation and profoundly transformed the society of the time. La Nueva is part of a cycle of creations, completed by the installation Rivière d’encre, for machines, video and electronics”.