Simone Fontanelli - SPOTS

Simone Fontanelli - SPOTS (2006-2010) For young violinist (and also for the less young ones) I started to compose SPOTS warmly encouraged to do it by dear friends of mine, renowned violinists and pedagogues. I was asked to write a collection of violin pieces for children, using the contemporary musical language and style. SPOTS is not a violin method, although in some aspects could be used as such. SPOTS is a sort of "voyage of discovery" for young violin students, but also for the older and much more experienced ones. Why not even for professionals and those who have retired! This "voyage" is through the world of feelings and imaginative situations seen through the eyes and felt with the heart of the child. I mean, the "Child" existing within ourself, regardless of our own age. From a more violinistic, technical point of view, SPOTS explores and uses different ways to approach form, notation, instrumentality, phrasing, even theatricality, etc., etc. in the broadest sense, always strictly connecting all these things with the emotional and imaginative content. For this reason each piece requires the performer a great deal of imagination, freedom and initiative. The 48 pieces presented here are simply in alphabetical order. Performers (or pedagogues) are absolutely free to choose the ones they prefer, or even create special “paths” or groups of pieces connected by a common theme (e.g. a story, a situation, etc.). The entire collection is available on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/album/2pUYOv4KqymBlRqgjRYIi3