Zefir Records

House of Mirrors

Douwe Eisenga

The Italian ensemble Piccolla Academia degli Specchi performs the music of Dutch composer Douwe Eisenga.  Five brand new pieces and one reworking form a great collection of music that combines repetitive grooves and lyrical lines.

Piccola Accademia degli Specchi:

Giovanni Rosati, musical leader, piano
Assunta Cavallari, piano 
Alessandra Amorino, flute
Claudia Di Pietro, sax
Giuliano Cavaliere, violin
Kyung Mi Lee, cello
Matteo Sommacal, artistic director

Watch a clip by Omroep Zeeland about the recording sessions for House of Mirrors

Watch a clip by the PZC about the cd-release

Douwe Eisenga about this new cd:

In 2008 I met Matteo Sommacal on the social networking site MySpace. Discovering that our music shared some musical DNA, he quickly replied to my add: “Thanks for the add. Fantastic music. Actually, it seems that's true we share a close musical taste. Have you ever written anything for an ensemble? It would be a great pleasure to play your music in Italy”.
That was some kind of starting point. For a few years nothing happened until the summer of 2010 when Matteo mailed me: “We were wondering if there is a piece of yours that fits our line-up. We would be honoured and glad to have a piece of yours in our repertoire”.
|We decided to do a reworking of Cloud Atlas and Daily Music. While working on those two pieces I quickly discovered that this particular combination of instruments fitted very well with my music. After a few more mails and Skype sessions we agreed to extend our collaboration…. 
In July 2011 I went to Rome to attend rehearsals for this CD. It was a wonderful experience. PADS are a beautiful bunch of people. Each one of them is a highly gifted musician, fully devoted to my music. Working with PADS is a gift.”

external links
Visit de website of Douwe Eisenga
Visit de wiki of Piccola Accademia degli Specchi

press quotes:

PZC 'I write a musical environment in which I feel comfortable' Jan van Damme
Read the full review (Dutch)