Passepartout Duo Nicoletta Favari & Christopher Salvito

Phone: +32 048 765 8493

E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.passepartoutduo.com

Mission

To be ambassadors for contemporary music, to cross cultural and aesthetic boundaries through interdisciplinary projects, and to be catalysts for the global mobility of art and artists.

Members

Nicoletta Favari Pianist Advanced Master’s in Contemporary Music - University Gent (Brussels) 2016 - 2017 M.M. Royal Conservatoire of (Glasgow) 2015 B.M. Conservatory of Music of Verona (Verona) 2013

Christopher Salvito Percussionist Advanced Master’s in Contemporary Music - University Gent (Brussels) 2016 - 2017 M.M. The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) 2016 B.M. State University of New York at Purchase College (New York) 2014

Experience

Festivals:

2019 Sounding Now Festival (Singapore) Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

• Apr. 2019 Premiered a new work by Adeline Wong

2018 Mark Rothko Symposium (Daugavpils, Latvia) The Mark Rothko Art Centre

• Sep. 2018 Presented a new concert program based on the paintings of Mark Rothko in his birth city.

2018 Summartónar Festival (The Faroe Islands) The Nordic House of Tórshavn

• Aug. 2018 Three concert events in Sørvágur, Fuglafjørður, and Tórshavn

2018 Dark Music Days Festival (Reykjavík, Iceland) The Nordic House of Reykjavík

• Jan. 2018 Festival performance that was broadcast on Rás 1 Radio.

2017 Skammdegi Festival – Ensemble in Residence (Ólafsjördur, Iceland)

• Dec. 2017 Residency and Festival performance that focused on developing an evening length work based on the experience of the solstice in the Nordic countries. Passepartout Duo / C.V. - Page 2 2017 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (Huddersfield, ) Phipps Hall – University of Huddersfield

• Nov. 2017 // Shorts Lansing McLoskey – This Will Not Be Loud and Relentless (premiere)

2017 Havana Contemporary Music Festival (Havana, Cuba) Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis

• Nov. 2017 Recital as part of the Festival’s international collaboration

2017 Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab (Ojai, CA) Besant Hill School

• Jun. 2017 ‘Steve Reich, Retrospective’ (Zalk Hall) Steve Reich – Double Sextet (alongside members of Eighth Blackbird)

• Jun. 2017 ‘Games’ (Zalk Hall) Molly Joyce – Less is More (world premiere) Mayke Nas – DiGiT#2 • Jun. 2017 ‘Reflections’ (Zalk Hall) Ted Hearne – By-by Huey (alongside members of Eighth Blackbird)

2016 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival – New Music Workshop (Norfolk, CT) Yale University

• Jun. 2016 Young Artists’ Performance Series: New Music Recital

2015 Atlantic Music Festival – Contemporary Ensemble Fellowship (Waterville, ME) Colby College

Residencies:

2019 Embassy of Foreign Artists (Geneva, CH) with the support of the Office for culture and sport, Department for social cohesion, Geneva

• July. 2019 Building instruments for an evening length work using found wood and metal materials

2019 Dimensions Art Center (Chongqing, CN)

• June. 2019 Organized house concerts throughout the city, and created the music for “Double Fields”, an interdisciplinary collaboration with the French painter Blaise Schwartz and two dancers.

2019 Semi-underground Space (Beijing, CN)

• May. 2019 Created collaborative projects with the painter Jia Jing and the furniture company Thrudesign

2019 The Studios of Key West (Leveld, NO)

• Mar. 2019 Readapted Terry Riley’s piece “Dorian Reeds” with the idea of filming “Slow Documentaries”

2019 Leveld Kunstnartun (Leveld, NO)

• Feb. 2019 Research focused on new modalities for percussion and piano performance

2019 De Grote Post (Ostend, BE)

• Jan. 2019 Created a film for “Gentle Acts” by Marta Forsberg Passepartout Duo / C.V. - Page 3 2018 RaumArs (Rauma, FI)

• Nov. 2018 Created ‘Sound Envelopes’, musical postcards that travel the world each containing one original track of music inspired by a specific location.

2018 Kunstnarhuset Messen (Ålvik, NO)

• Oct. 2018 Focused on filming a new work of Hafdís Bjarnadóttir in collaboration with Kabuso Art Museum at James Turrell’s Hardanger Skyspace.

2018 SERDE (Aizpute, LV)

• Sep. 2018 Created new works in celebration of Mark Rothko’s 115th birthday in his birth city Daugavpils.

2018 Kunstort ELEVEN (Börstingen, DE)

• Aug. 2018 Created the “As We Speak” program based on the interaction between recorded speech and music.

2018 Kammari (Treis Elies, CY)

• Jul. 2018 Collaborative project with Sophie Fetokaki on the work “Coming Together” by Rzewski

2018 Fiskars ONOMA (Fiskars, FI)

• Jun. 2018 Recorded and filmed works of Florent Ghys and Andy Akiho

2018 Eckerö Post & Custums House (Eckerö, AX)

• May. 2018 Focused on collaborations with Hafdís Bjarnadóttir on a new work

2018 Schärholzbau (Altbüron, CH)

• Feb. 2018 Developed material for Passepartout Duo’s debut album.

2017 Avaloch Farm (Boscawen, NH)

• Jul. 2017 Focused on developing a lighting concept for their new show Less is More

2017 Hill & Hollow Music (Saranac, NY)

• Jul. 2017 Recorded and performed a new work by Mayke Nas

2017 La Casa Del Herrero (Torralba de Ribota, ES)

• Jun. 2017 Focused on rehearsing a new work by Molly Joyce

2017 Dar Slimane (Marrakech, )

• Apr. 2017 Recorded and filmed a new work by Christopher Adler

2016 The Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology – Hill House (East Jordan, MI)

• Aug. 2016 Created site-specific films of two short works by Nikolai Kapustin adapted for marimba and piano

2016 The Banff Centre – Winter Musicians in Residence (Banff, Canada)

• Jan. 2016 Prepared repertoire for a tour of Europe later that year and filmed a work by Wally Gunn Passepartout Duo / C.V. - Page 4

Selected Performances:

• Jul. 2019 – GXII Festival at P.A.R.T.S. Academy featuring a dance trio collaboration (Brussels, BE) • Apr. 2019 – Asia Tour: Hong Kong Baptist University (HK) Wontonmeen (HK) Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK) Seminar at University Putra (Kuala Lumpur, MY) School of the Arts Singapore (SG) Silpakorn University (Bangkok, TH) • Mar. 2019 – Sinestesia all’Anteo / Gioventù Musicale (Milan, IT) • Mar. 2019 – Le Stagioni di Villa Greppi / Musica Morfosi (Lecco, IT) • Jan. 2019 – Amici della Musica di Modena (Modena, IT) • Dec. 2018 – Concert at Poselli (Rauma, FI) • Sep. 2018 – L’heure Musicale de Molenbeek (Brussels, BE) • Aug. 2018 – Tübingen Rathaus (Tübingen, DE) • Jul. 2018 – The Cyprus Wine Museum (Limassol, CY) • Jul. 2018 – Jacob’s Pillow, Barak Ballet with music by Passepartout Duo (Becket, MA) • Jul. 2018 – The Joyce Theater, Barak Ballet with music by Passepartout Duo (New York, NY) • Jun. 2018 – The Broad Stage, Barak Ballet with music by Passepartout Duo (Santa Monica, CA) • May. 2018 – Teatro Keiros (Rome, IT) • Apr. 2018 – Collaboration with Platform 4 and Classical Sheffield (Sheffield, UK) • Apr. 2018 – Dimlicht Festival (Antwerp, BE) • Apr. 2018 – Amici della Musica di Modena (Modena, IT) • Mar. 2018 – P.A.R.T.S. @ Work featuring collaborations with dance trios at P.A.R.T.S. academy (Brussels, BE) • Nov. 2017 – The Egelsfield Musical Society Series with Passepartout Duo (Oxford, UK) • Nov. 2017 – Concert at The National Physical Laboratory (London, UK) • Nov. 2017 – Around the Piano Concert Series with Snow Mask Composer Group (Hjørring, DK) • Nov. 2017 – Espacios Ibsen Festival (Havana, CU) • Oct. 2017 – Cluster #5 at Labor Neunzehn with Passepartout Duo (Berlin, DE) • Sep. 2017 – Mimiko Series with Passepartout Duo (Basel, CH) • Jul. 2017 – Hill & Hollow Music with Passepartout Duo (Saranac, NY) • May 2017 – Passeapartout at ArtBase (Brussels, Belgium) • Mar. 2017 – US Tour: SUNY Buffalo (Buffalo, NY) Journeys in Sound Concert Series, The Arts at the Armory Café (Somerville, MA) SUNY Purchase, Alumni Concert Series (Purchase, NY) Thrive Concert Series at Jordan Faye Contemporary (Baltimore, MD) Dancz Center for New Music, University of Georgia, Athens (Athens, GA) The Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, TX) Classical Revolution (Kansas City, KS) University of Tennessee Knoxville (Knoxville, TN) Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) University of Miami Frost School of Music Ensemble in Residence (Miami, FL) • Dec. 2016 – Nieuwe Noten Concert Series at De Ruimte (Amsterdam, ) • Dec. 2016 – P.A.R.T.S. @ Work featuring works in collaboration with P.A.R.T.S. academy (Brussels, Belgium) • Nov. 2016 – Passepartout at Fondazione MIA (Bergamo, ) • Oct. 2016 – MaNaMa Concert Series (Brussels, Belgium) • Sep. 2016 – 2 dates at KlangBasel Festival (Basel, ) • Jun. 2016 – Sphere RSS Concert Series (Glasgow, Scotland) • Jun. 2016 – Friday Lunchtime Concert at Brighton Unitarian Church (Brighton, England) • May 2016 – Composer Workshop Showcase at ACES Center for the Arts (New Haven, CT) • Mar. 2016 – European Tour: Conservatorio di Musica Dall’Abaco (Verona, Italy) Fondation des Etats-Unis (Paris, ) Swiss Foundation for Young Musicians (Basel, Switzerland) University of Chichester (Chichester, England) Passepartout Duo / C.V. - Page 5 • Feb. 2016 – Spectrum (New York, NY) • Jan. 2016 – Recital, Winter Ensemble in Residence (Banff, Canada)

Films, Recordings, and Albums:

2019 Heartwood Original music by Passepartout Duo created from instruments located at the Thrudesign furniture company Moving Ground Collaborative project with visual artist Jia Jing featuring video and paintings A Northern Year (14’24”) Collaborative album with Hafdís Bjarnadóttir and Passepartout Duo for her work titled “A Northern Year” 1. January - June 2. June - December Gentle Acts – Marta Forsberg 2018 Ólafsfjördur (19’41”) Debut EP of original music released by AnyOne Workspace (Beijing, CN) in collaboration with visual artists Yannis Zhang and Yumo Wu. 1. Hvalur 2. Skötuselur 3. Síld 4. Fjallableikja Stop Speaking – Andy Akiho Premiere screening at Putkifestivaali (Fiskars, FI) Poor Margie – Florent Ghys Official Selection of Cinemaway Film Festival in Ukraine, Screened at Putkifestivaali (Fiskars, FI) This Will Not Be Loud and Relentless – Lansing McLoskey Piano+Electronics – Bryan Jacobs

2017 4c0st1ctr1g3r – Kaj Duncan David Less is More – Molly Joyce (Featuring dancer Jacob Storer) Official Selection of the Frostbite International Film Festival, Direct Short Online Film Festival, The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards, and The Berlin Independent Film Awards. DiGiT#2 – Mayke Nas Mixed Materials – Animation by Anna Van Riel (Music by Passepartout Duo) Official Selection of Film Fest Gent 2017, Anima Fest Zagreb, Athens Animfest, Flatpack Film Festival, Anima Brussels, Kort Film Festival, and the Brussels Short Film Festival. The Toy Robot’s Mechanical Heart – Christopher Adler

2016 Karakurenai – Andy Akiho Quatre Pieces Febriles – Georges Aperghis Nearly Waltz Op. 98 – Nikolai Kapustin Burlesque Op. 97 – Nikolai Kapustin Can You Hear Me? – Wally Gunn

2015 C – Hannah Lash

Grants and Awards:

2019 Grant from the Embassy of Foreign Artists with the support of the Office for culture and sport, Department for social cohesion, Geneva The US Consulate Hong Kong & Macau Grant Mobility First! - ASEF Cultural Mobility Initiative

2018 Career Development Fund Grant, The Peabody Institute Movin’Up Spettacolo Grant

2017 Nordic Culture Point Grant Nordic Kulturfond Grant The Danish Arts Foundation Grant Passepartout Duo / C.V. - Page 6

2016 Help Musicians, UK Grant The Kirsten Scott Memorial Trust Grant The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust Grand Mackie Family Midsummer Ball Artist Award Career Development Fund Grant, The Peabody Institute The Deablitz Fund Grant, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Alumni Association

Press Engagements:

2019 Chongqing FM88.1 Radio Interview (CN) Reykjavík Grapevine (IS) RTHK – Morning Call Radio Interview (HK) RAI Radio 3 Live Performance (IT) BBC Radio 3 Late Junction (UK) Melbourne PBS – the Modernist (AU)

2018 Feature article in Länsi-Suomi newspaper (FI) Radio interview at Ramona Radio (FI) Pantheon Verona (IT) Performance review in Rottenburger Post (DE) Feature article in Südwest Presse (DE) NewMusicBox publication (US) Ålands Radio appearance (AX) Feature article in Ålandstidningen (AX) BBC Radio 3 Late Junction (UK) MyWhere.it Interview (IT) N4 Sjónvarp TV Interview (IS) Article in NYLON Magazine (US) Rás 1 Radio appearance (IS)

2017 Interview with Meet the Artist (UK) Feature article in the Lake Champlain Weekly (US)

"But at the center of it all, the work of this two-year-old duo boils down to a single common theme: two people proving over and over again that artistry exists without barriers of any form. The common expectations for a pianist and a percussionist playing truly contemporary duets fit a particular stereotype, one that the duo shatters daily with modern music that is globalized and far-reaching and provocative and, yes, even beautiful." Benjamin Pomerance Lake Champlain Weekly (US) "Masters of this daily art that is substantiating their own dreams" Miryam Scandola Pantheon Verona (IT) “This beautiful and concise recording makes us want to stay outside all year long, looking at - or for - the sun and other stars.” Richard Allen A Closer Listen (US)

Point of contact

Christopher Salvito: [email protected]

Nicoletta Favari: [email protected]