Begegnungen (2024)
is a work for solo violin and live electronics sound installation. It is the result of a collaboration between the violinist Judith Fliedl and the composer Gerard Erruz to create a piece that enables a shared experience between the performer and the audience. This connection is build upon different aspects: the specific stage design dilutes the usual gap between performer and audience. It enables the possibility of physical closeness and one-to-one dialogues between the violin performer and individual audience members. Furthermore, the electronics consist of a series of soundscapes that feature field recordings, real-world sounds and mimesis of the sounds with instrumental means. These soundscapes suggest scenes and narratives that relate to the character of the violin part and enhance the sense of a shared experience between the performer and the audience.

Commisioned by Judith Fliedl as part of her artistic research on new concert possibilities with a focus on contemporary solo violin literature.

Ongoing performances.
Violin: Judith Fliedl
Composition and electronics: Gerard Erruz

Axis (2024)
is a multidisciplinary piece created with the choreographer Jiaji Cheng. Movement and sound interrelate during the performance in several ways: two musicians (trumpet and bass clarinet) move on stage alongside the solo dancer; the dancer’s and the musicians’ sounds are processed live as part of the electronics; a half-dome multichannel audio system distributes the electronic live sounds around the audience.
In this investigation, we start from the “circle” and let it intervene in the creation from the dimensions of sound and movement. Through intertwining with the circle, we connect reality and imagination, attempting to explore our deep understanding of ourselves and the world. The ideas of axis and circular motion have lead the creative process of the piece from multiple perspectives: their inscription in the movements on stage, their metaphorical unfolding in the sound world, and their function as a link between these two expressions, which develop jointly throughout the work. Different perspectives of a single circular motion are explored, ranging from the apparent stasis at the axial centre to the frantic momentum of the farthest regions, as a way of mapping our own ways of engaging with the perceptions of reality.

Premiered at MUMUTH’s György-Ligeti-Saal on May 2024 within the abo@MUMUTH concert series.
Choreography, dance and light design: Jiaji Cheng
Composition and electronics: Gerard Erruz
Trumpet: Nikola Vukovic
Bass Clarinet: Dácil Guerra Guzmán

Concordances I (2023)
is a piece for piano, percussion and electronics. It is part of an ongoing series of pieces that explore the integration of field recordings and environmental sounds into the musical discourse focusing on the control of the degrees of mimesis with instrumental sounds. It investigates the potential of suggesting symbolic relationships to objects, scenes, actions, by means of sounds and their unfolding through musical time.

Performed by Maria Iaiza (piano) and Reed Puleo (percussion) on December 2023 in the concert “Ways of being moved” at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz (KUG).
Previously premiered by Ensemble Multilatérale: Lise Baudouin (piano) and Hélène Colombotti (percussion) at the International Composition Course Barcelona Modern.
Composition and electronics: Gerard Erruz

Otear la grieta (2023)
is a piece for wind orchestra commisioned by the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu as part of the Extraordinary Composition Prize 2021/22.

Premiered by the Symphonic Band of Conservatori del Liceu, conducted by Àlex Sansó, on March 2023 at the Auditori del Conservatori del Liceu.

Aspra (La coreografia del so) (2022)
is an electroacoustic Ambisonics work that explores the movement of sound through concepts coming from dance choreography. The piece is the result of an artistic research focused on gathering strategies and conventions from dance that provide meaning to the musical discourse in immersive works.

Created during an artistic residence at Phonos Foundation (Barcelona) and premiered on December 2022 at Phonos’ Festival Residències in Barcelona.

This project received a Grant for research and innovation in the fields of visual arts, architecture and design, performing arts, music and thought 2022 (Generalitat de Catalunya)

Sabors (2022)
is a piece for large ensemble.

Premiered by the Ensemble XXI of Conservatori del Liceu, conducted by Xavier Pagès-Corella, on June 2022 at the Auditori del Conservatori del Liceu.