eQuena

eQuena is an interactive work for quena, arcontinuo or gesture sensor system and live electronics. It was composed thanks to an artistic grant from the Vicerrectoría Adjunta de Investigación y Doctorado, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. eQuena belongs to a series of pieces of mine where an acoustic instrument is augmented in terms of its sonic possibilities through digital technology, in parallel to other human activities and concepts that have been drastically altered by technology, such as the eMail or eCommerce. Other works of this series include ePiano, eHarpsichord, eRecorder and eChant. eQuena was especially composed for Patricio de la Cuadra, who premiered it on October 2008 at the VIII Ai-maako International Electroacoustic Music Festival of Santiago.