The Performances

Mercedes Krapovickas (Mekra), composer-performer (bandoneon) New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2023 NicE cOLOrs and Circular Factory NicE cOLOrs is an electroacoustic piece made using recordings of handles of an old factory of Finland. The factory was empty and the echo when using the handles was huge. That gave me the idea of exploring the feelings I got while playing with these handles: movement and direction. Circular Factory is and electroacoustic piece made with recording of working machines in a factory of Buenos Aires, Argentina. I got the idea that many sounds were similar to some mechanical micro sounds I hear when I practice my instrument, the bandoneon. In this piece, I unite these two worlds.

Performed at Sibelius Museo, Turku, Finland. Stefanie Tuurna, piano Miia Reko, trumpet Malla Lounasheimo, doublebass Mercedes Krapovickas, bandoneon and composition

Bandoneon Buen Ayre performance at Music Centre, Helsinki, April 2023