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Work

Incises

for piano

Composer:
Pierre Boulez
Composition:
1994-2001
Duration:
9 min 30 Publisher’s inscription. Average performance: approximately 11’
Sponsor(s):
Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Umberto Micheli, Milan

Premiere

  • Initial version: 21 October 1994, in Milan (Teatro alla Scala), by the finalists of the competition (Gianluca Cascioli, 1st prize; Jérôme Ducros, 2nd prize and special prize for the best performance of Incises).
  • Intermediate version: 4 February 1995, in Caen, by Dimitri Vassilakis.
  • Final version: 23 March 2001, in Hamburg (Rolf-Liebermann-Studio), by Dimitri Vassilakis.

Work structure

1 movement: Libre. Lent, sans traîner [Introduction] / Prestissimo / Très lent then Vif (alternately, 3 times) / Très lent

Instrumentation

Piano

Publisher

Universal Edition (Vienna), cop. 1994, 2002 [UE 31966]

Note

The first version of Incises was the compulsory work for the Micheli competition, created under the aegis of the Fondazione Musicale Umberto Micheli. Incises underwent several extensions and revisions between 1994 and 2001.

Source: Excerpt from Pierre Boulez : catalogue de l’œuvre, edition prepared by Alain Galliari, Éditions de la Philharmonie, 2025.

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