Piano Day Alicante showcases a modern and inventive set of artistic proposals centered on the piano, highlighting fresh approaches to the instrument’s sound, its structural possibilities, and its role in today’s cultural landscape. It aligns Alicante with the international Piano Day initiative, an event championed by the composer Nils Frahm, inviting new creative directions and live explorations of technique, interaction, and perception. This feature presents a selection of works that illuminate how contemporary artists reinterpret piano-based performance within a broader sonic ecosystem.
Magda Arques – “Uncertainty”
@magdaarques
IMAGES, MACHINES AND LIVE CODING
In a bold rethinking of a canonical masterwork, Magda Arques reexamines Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Art of Fugue through a contemporary lens. By harnessing the same structural principles of recursion and ambiguity, the artist builds a layered visual and sonic session in which video, digital programming, and analog servo motors are integrated. The result reveals technology as both chaotic and transparent, creating a hybrid space where computational processes and human intuition meet in a live, unfolding performance.
Carles Pedrón (srcharli) – “Smart”
@sr.charli_artist
CONCERT WITH IMAGES
This piece centers on a spontaneous dialogue between sound and image, producing distinct audiovisual environments crafted for the moment. Although temporary, the experience leaves a lasting impression. It represents a dialogue between the analog and digital spheres, merging piano, analog synthesizers, and sound objects with newly created virtual instruments designed for this project. The result is an instinctive, magnetically orchestral texture that invites the audience to experience music as a living conversation between technologies and tactile instruments.
Image by Nieves Guri @nievesguri
Production Las Cigarreras Cultural Center and Alicante Ministry of Culture
Address Carlos Izquierdo @arcoglanz
The Black Box of Las Cigarreras. Free access until capacity is full