Walls of Nicosia is a work of ecclectic fusion, with elements of modernism and references to Cypriot folk music in the context of an interactive computer music surround sound environment. The music has dodecaphonic constructions interlinked with traditional dance motifs and microtonal additive synthesis textures. The arpeggione, a very rare instrument, has characteristics from both a guitar and a cello from the 1820s, with six gut strings and tuned to around a=415. Walls of Nicosia places this old instrument into a new interactive electroacoustic environment, programmed in MaxMSP, reinventing its delicate sonorities.

The album landing page: https://orcd.co/wallsofnicosia

Nicolas Deletaille, a young up-and-coming soloist, trained in Belgium and the U.S., has already given around 70 world premieres on cello and arpeggione. He has also earned distinction as an arpeggione player by recording Schubert’s arpeggione sonata for the Fuga Libera record label with pianist Paul Badura-Skoda.
www.NicolasDeletaille.com