To Marie-Jeanne Wyckmans

Not objectivized nature, which is asserted today by an accumulation of climatic catastrophes, but the animal voice, subjectivized through a certain degree of anthropomorphism. The animal world has its own language codes expressing the primary needs that concern us all: love, hunger, fear. When listened to, these signals are grouped according to three dynamic behaviours: flexions, iterations and melodic profiles, which are therefore the object of study in this fifth and final work of the Vox Alia cycle. Space, whether pointillist, movement or ambiophonic, is rather symbolic here.

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Vox Alia V — Vox naturæ was realized in 2024 at the Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio of Musiques & Recherches in Ohain (Belgium) and was premiered on October 20, 2024 as part of the festival L’Espace du son at Théâtre Marni in Brussels (Belgium). The work was realized with support from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (Service de la musique classique et contemporaine du Service de la Création artistique).

Premiere

• October 20, 2024, L’Espace du son 2024: Annette Vande Gorne: Vox Alia, Théâtre Marni, Brussels (Belgium)

Awards

• 2nd prize, Iannis Xenakis International Electroacoustic Composition Competition 2025, Greece
• Finalist, Category A (fixed medium), Musica Nova 2025, Prague (Czech Republic)