About the piece

English (original) 

On the ethereal nature of bioluminescence draws inspiration from two different sources found in the Indian River Lagoon ecosystem in Florida: the natural environmental sounds and the bioluminescent effect at the surface of the water — mainly the sparks and colourful essence of this latter phenomena. It has been musically depicted through diverse diaphanous, crystalline and ghostly textures using firstly a particular harmonic imprint drawn from the sounds of the morning hours of the lagoon, as well as various ethereal playing modes on the strings. Among them are harmonics (producing a feeble high-pitch sound) or lightly-touched strings (resulting in an effaced rendition of the pitch), circular bowing (creating a filter effect of the sound — not unlike a wha-wha effect), flautandi and even flautandissimi (very gentle bowings), among others. Both of these elements conspire through the work to create a fragile sound suitable for such an ecosystem.