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LUCA DONATI

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  • “Black Silence” (2025), for voice cloning, ensemble and electronics

    “Black Silence” identifies as a musing on the function of new technological tools within contemporary communication, achieved through a special use of prosody, voice, and silence.
    In the contemporary culture these three elements are being transformed and reformulated through the filter of the new technologies. Online presence and media influence have replaced silence and imagination, devices have become the substitutes for thought and voice, feeding us with superficial content and blurring the boundary between the individual and the reality.

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  • “Glassed Skin” (2023/24), for amplified ensemble, voices and electronics

    “Glassed Skin – A Look Through the Looking-Glass” originated as a reflection about language through Gilles Deleuze’s “Logique du sens” and, consequently, through the works of Lewis Carroll.

    Exploring the concepts of “Sense” and “Non-Sense,” “Glassed Skin” evolves through the linguistic paradoxes staged by Lewis Carroll’s characters.

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  • “ANTIFRAGILE” (2023/2025), for large orchestra

    “ANTIFRAGILE” is my first work for large orchestra and, as the title suggests, it originates from the book “Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder” of Nassim Nicholas Taleb.


    Antifragility describes systems that improve thanks to disorder and stress, going beyond the simple ability to withstand shocks.

    This property emerges from controlled exposure to volatility: disturbances do not damage the system, but stimulate its evolution and strengthening.

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  • “Electronic expr” (2024–present), solo electronic collection

    “Electronic expr” is a collection of solo electronic works based on different sound aesthetics and electronic techniques.
    Each piece in this collection embodies a concept, an existential and inner state, which finds its realization in an electronic experiment.

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  • Walks on Devil’s Talks (2023) for amplified flute, electric guitar and live electronics

    “Walks on Devil’s Talks” tells about a complicated, inner struggle between thought and its limits. 

    The figure who embodies this collision is represented by “Ilde” (from the German “Hild”), a female warrior facing the most dangerous individual a human can deal with: herself.

    Without the necessary tools, Ilde attempts to make sense of the problems she is forced to face, trying to get help from her instinct to silence intrusive thoughts.

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  • “The Secret Door Opens if You Crawl Beneath” (2022-23), for “Maurice Quartet” and electronics

    “The Secret Door Opens if You Crawl Beneath” tells of a paradoxical and hidden concept, a precious heirloom for those who own it, a nuisance for those who do not.
    “The Secret Door” is the gateway to self-discovery, characterized by infinite and often bizarre facets. Reaching it does not follow conventional paths and is often distrusted by those who look at it from the outside.

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