Anibal Vidal - Villa Albertine
Aníbal Vidal was selected for a spring 2025 residency at Villa Albertine in New York to compose and develop a 12-minute orchestral work inspired by Henry David Thoreau's writings on sounds and nature.
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- New York, New York; Walden Pond, Massachusetts
About
Overview
Aníbal Vidal is a Chilean composer based in London (b. 1991) with a Master's Degree in Composition with Distinction and an Artist Diploma from the Royal College of Music. He was selected for a spring 2025 residency at Villa Albertine in New York to develop his composition project titled 'The Language that All Things Speak.'
Project Description
The Language that All Things Speak is a 12-minute orchestral work inspired by the life and work of American naturalist, essayist, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau. The project is based on his writings about sounds, music, and nature found in his journal annotations and in the chapter 'Sounds' from Walden. Musically, the work aims to recreate the sounding journey described in Thoreau's chapter, structured from morning to afternoon to night and back to morning again, developing a poetic contrast between 'nature' sounds and 'industrial/modern/21st-century' sounds. Field recordings conducted at Walden Pond are incorporated as fixed media within the composition.
Residency Structure
The residency was structured in two parts: a visit to Walden Pond in Massachusetts to conduct field recordings, and a residency in New York where a reading session of the work took place at The Juilliard School with the Axiom Ensemble.
Composer's Background
Aníbal Vidal's compositional practice resonates with both his Latin American heritage and classical training, creating immersive works characterized by gestural repetition and timbral experimentation. He incorporates unconventional instruments, the raw nature of objects, and the human voice into his work. His discursive interests include quoting, referencing, and interacting with both classical and popular repertoires, as well as incorporating extramusical elements to explore connections between music and cultural context.
Notable Achievements
His prizes, commissions, and participations include the Pisar Prize (Ville Albertine, The Julliard School, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées), DYCE commission in partnership with the EU, Spitalfields Festival commission (UK), 1st Prize in the 20th Joan Guinjoan International Prize (Barcelona), 2nd Prize in the Matan Givol Composers Competition 2024 (Israel), The Robert Anderson Trust Special Award (UK), Mise-En-Scène for Scores (NYC), and Manifeste Academy 2023 (Paris).
- Theme
- A 12-minute orchestral work inspired by Henry David Thoreau's life, writings, and observations about sounds and nature in Walden, exploring a sonic journey from morning to night incorporating field recordings from Walden Pond alongside orchestral composition.
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