Byoyomi (2020)
Duration:
17′
Instrumentation:
6 guitars (including Alto Guitar)
Programme Note
This piece is dedicated to the commemoration of the Hiroshima tragedy that occurred on August 6th, 1945. While writing this composition, I was thinking about life before and after this event and how we, as humans, sometimes commit acts that can have such tragic consequences for our lives. I invite my audiences to reflect on how we can take more responsibility for our actions. After experiencing a tragedy of such scale, we must learn to live with this new understanding.
The piece was written during the lockdown and social isolation caused by the Covid-19 global pandemic, which affected the life circumstances of many people around the world. It was commissioned by CRAS ensemble for their project IN OUR TIME, which commissions a new composer each time the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight.