Events
CPIA Seminar | R.S.V.P. Concert - piano, toy piano, video, and action!
PERMANENT SEMINAR ON CREATION, PERFORMANCE AND ARTISTIC RESEARCH
The Permanent Seminar of INET-md's Creation, Performance and Artistic Research research group is a forum where all its members (integrated and collaborators) and other academic, cultural, and artistic researchers can present their work.
01.04.2025 | 6h30 pm | DeCA Auditorium | Departamento de Comunicação e Arte da Universidade de Aveiro
Free entrance and in person.
Concert: R.S.V.P. - piano, toy piano, video, and action / Késia Decoté
The spectator is free: he thinks and acts for himself! Theater is action! Theater may not be revolutionary in itself, but have no doubt: it is a rehearsal for revolution!” (BOAL)
In this program, pianist Késia Decoté invites the audience - and herself - to reflect on the active role of each person in making music and to explore various possibilities in creating their own musical experience.
This concert is part of the post-doctoral research “Music as an Invitation - Liveness in Digital Piano Performances through Participating Audiences”, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project led by Késia Decoté at Universitetet i Bergen, Norway, funded by the European Union.
Program
Aviva Endean - A face like yours (video – a participatory work) *
Michael Pisaro – half-sleep beings (for piano) *
Sara Carvalho - occupied mirrors (for toy piano and audience) *
Alwynne Pritchard – Hecate writes (for video and piano) *
John Cage - 4’33’’
Miriama Young - Grey Ghost (for piano and playback played through the audience’s mobile phones) *
Michael Pisaro – half-sleep beings (for piano) *
Sara Carvalho - occupied mirrors (for toy piano and audience) *
Alwynne Pritchard – Hecate writes (for video and piano) *
John Cage - 4’33’’
Miriama Young - Grey Ghost (for piano and playback played through the audience’s mobile phones) *
*Portuguese premiere
About Késia Decoté
Késia Decoté is is a Brazilian pianist who specializes in contemporary music and interdisciplinary practices. She is interested in exploring innovative ways of presenting piano music and aims to create immersive and unique artistic experiences for her audience. She regularly performs as a recitalist and interdisciplinary performer across Europe, Brazil, and Canada.
In the recording field, she released the EP Para a Frente under the Nonclassical label. This album features pieces for piano, toy piano, and electronics composed for her by emerging British composers.
She holds a PhD in Arts and Music and a Master's degree (with distinction) from Oxford Brookes University, as well as a Master's and a Bachelor's degree (cum laude) in Piano from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Currently, she is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bergen, where she is developing a project on new forms of participation for women and girls in classical music performances.
