TRACTATUS
Moisés P. Sánchez

  Friday / March 31 / 7:30 p.m.
 60 min
 14 and 16
MUN Theater

Moisés P. Sánchez, a musician of astonishing imagination, awarded both within and beyond our borders and with a growing international reputation, presents this musical dissertation in which music and philosophy go hand in hand.

On the occasion of the centenary of Ludwig Wittgenstein's book of the same name, Moisés P. Sánchez presents this proposal in 2021, characterized by the logical-compositional construction of the score, the use of prepared and electroacoustic piano, and musical references to the concepts that have made Wittgenstein's Treatise one of the most influential books of 20th-century thought. 

Wittgenstein, in his early work and more specifically in the work we are discussing here, asserts that we shape our thoughts through language, and that these thoughts are ultimately a logical representation of what we are capable of expressing through language. It is very interesting to extrapolate this concept to musical composition and the creation of a piece that is interconnected with this treatise, since in music, the languages one masters are the prison in which one is held captive in order to express one's ideas from a theoretical point of view, but also from an emotional point of view.

In Tractatus, the Madrid-born musician focuses on all these concepts through the piano in multiple forms, with the aim of conveying on stage the philosopher's solitary process, the logical and intuitive creation of his thinking in real time through his knowledge of different compositional languages: classical, jazz, electronic, dodecaphonism, free improvisation... In short, a modern, contemporary and unambiguous language.

ARTISTIC CREDITS
Moisés P. Sánchez, electroacoustic prepared piano, synthesizers, and composition.
Carles Campón, sound engineer

PROGRAM

Act l
The world is the totality of facts.

Act II
Art as science

Act III
Logic as a constructive process

Act IV
Positive vs. Negative

Act V
Meaning/Nonsense

Act VI
Language as a limitation

Act VII
Silence as a response to ignorance
 

MOISÉS P. SÁNCHEZ

Composer, music producer, pianist, improviser, and arranger, Moisés P. Sánchez is recognized as one of the leading figures on the Spanish and European music scene. With his own unique language and a rich combination of diverse influences, his creations transcend the usual boundaries between genres and surprise listeners with both the torrent of resources they employ and their fascinating vitality and originality. 

Moisés was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2019 for his albumUnbalanced: concerto for ensemble, and has received other important awards in the US and Spain, most recently the MIN Independent Music Award (2022 and 2017) and the designation as Artist in Residence at the CNDM (National Center for the Dissemination of Music - Auditorio Nacional and other venues) for the 2022-2023 season.

Throughout his more than 20-year career, Moisés P. Sánchez has performed at such prominent events as FIAS (Madrid), Jazz Madrid, the Stresa Festival in Italy, the San Sebastián Jazz Festival, and the Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival, among many others. 

Under his direction, works such as "Los viajes inmóviles" by rapper Nach, "Ambrosía" by Juan Valderrama, and "Homenaje a Juanito Valderrama" have been created, in which he had the opportunity to produce and arrange for Joan Manuel Serrat, Martirio, Antonio Carmona, Arcángel, Juanito Valderrama, Pasión Vega, and Diana Navarro.

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