Ciclo Continuo (2021) at Basel Academy of Music
On 17th September 2025, Justina’s composition Ciclo Continuo (2021) will be performed by Miguel R. Fernández de la Fuente (saxophone) and Santiago Villar (percussion) at the Basel Academy of Music, as part of the Altstadtserenaden 2025 concert series.
Together with musicians Alexandre Soares Tavares (piano & electric piano), Raphael Niederstätter (electric guitar) and Anton Kiefer (electronics) they will also perform music by Enno Poppe and Nuño Fernández.
📅 Wednesday, September 17, 2025 — 18:15
📍 Grand Hall, Basel Academy of Music FHNW (Classical Department), Leonhardsstrasse 6, 4051 Basel
The Altstadtserenaden 2025 is concert series with students and alumni of the Basel Academy of Music, offered by the BOG Foundation.
🎟 Free admission, collection
Ciclo Continuo (2021), originally written for the Duo Dubois — Alberto Cavallaro (sax) and Federico Tramontana (perc) — for their European tour More with less in 2021, has since been performed by:
Astrus Duo — Manuel Teles (sax) and Paulo Amendoeira (perc)
Isotope Duo — Phil Pierick (sax) and Kyle Flens (perc)
Scapegoat Duo — Joshua Hyde and Canadian percussionist Noam Bierstone
Program note
Composition Ciclo Continuo seeks to achieve a hybrid organic timbre while associating atypical instruments to complement each other. A snare drum is used as a resonating body for the objects. The snare drum’s wire also serves as a saturation effect changing the timbre of metallic instruments and also reacting to the saxophone’s sound. Dyads and multiphonics are predominant in the saxophone part while pitched, but very fragile and unstable sounds are used in the percussion section. Harmony is enriched with beatings creating synergy between musicians, unfolding timeless processes. The duo plays the cycle that is on loop, an endless repetition devoid of narration, a basso continuo of an unsung aria.
