RO: Il felicitam pe compozitorul George-Ioan Pais, selectionat din partea sectiunii noastre pentru editia 2024 a Festivalului #WorldMusicDays, Insulelel Faroe, cu lucrarea pentru violoncel solo “Giant robots in a picnic basket”!

ENG: We congratulate composer George-Ioan Pais, selected from the part of our section for the 2024 #WorldMusicDays, Faroe Islands, with the solo cello piece “Giant robots in a picnic basket”!

Short biography:

George-Ioan Păiș (*1994) is a Romanian musician based in Bucharest. He incorporates the lively rhythms and visceral energy of his musical upbringing (starting out as a metal drummer) in the sonic universe of classical composition. Currently a PhD student, George Păiș has graduated from the National University of Music, Bucharest (where he also teaches as an assistant), with a BA in Jazz-Pop Composition and a Master’s degree in Classical Composition. Besides his work as a composer, he is also active in the local jazz scene as a synth player and bandleader for the jazz-rock trio Opening Theory.

Programme notes:

Inspired by a striking image from a childhood dream, one that threads the border between memory and personal mythology, an image of never-ending mechanical arms sprawling to the sky from a tiny and inconspicuous picnic basket, the piece calls upon the cello in an aim to explore an energetic, machine-like sound-world through its extensive use of pizzicato and percussive effects, with hints of an ethereal melody towards the end.

Selectia completa / complete selection: https://iscm.org/wnmd/2024-faroe-islands/

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