Mireille Capelle
Mireille Capelle is a Belgian vocalist, composer and soundscaper. Known first as a mezzo-soprano in European opera houses, she has worked with Cage, Crumb, Kagel and Sciarrino, and sits on the artistic board of HERMESensemble. Her own pieces, described as Sonic Architecture, are electronic sculptures built for live performance. Blue Veil (audioMER.), made for an exhibition in Venice, combines struck and rubbed white marble with field recordings of bells and water from Piazza San Marco.
Blue Veil
**350 copies** The world of Mireille Capelle is one of music and theatre. She has performed as a singer in numerous European opera houses, under the artistic direction of the foremost stage directors and conductors. She is member of the artistic board of HERMESensemble. Mireille Capelle has a particular affinity with contemporary music and art, characterized by many encounters with the most important contemporary composers. Blue Veil is a sonic architecture composed for the exhibition I Fortuny.…
Anello. Naga. Sunyata
There's a particular kind of composition that refuses to be experienced in a single sitting - music that unfolds across hours, even days, before completing its cycle and returning to its beginning. Mireille Capelle's Sonic Architectures exist in this expanded timeframe, where sound becomes something closer to installation than performance, to architecture than song.
Each Sonic Architecture consists of two compositions that can function independently but reveal their full dimension when played si…