Inventio

The Inventio project is groundbreaking in every aspect, beginning with its unique choice of instruments. A recognized pioneer, Marco Ambrosini plays the nyckelharpa beyond its traditional Swedish folk music roots, while Jean-Louis Matinier has also developed the accordion beyond all 'folkloric' boundaries. On this album, the French-Italian duo presents a program inspired by both the Baroque sonatas of Bach and Biber and Pergolesi's lyrical cadenzas. They arrange and interpret the works of these masters and supplement the repertoire with their own compositions. Improvising together between early and contemporary music, they discover new timbres through the unique fusion of their instruments. The recording Inventio will particularly appeal to listeners who have already come to appreciate Matinier's ECM recordings with Anouar Brahem, the Tarkovsky Quartet of François Couturier and Louis Sclavis, as well as Ambrosini's recordings with Rolf Lislevand, Giovanna Pessi/Susanna Wallumrød, and Helena Tulve. This music also has the potential to attract an even wider audience, and concerts featuring this program will follow in autumn 2014. Inventio was recorded at the studio of the Auditorio Radiotelevisione Svizzera in Lugano and produced by Manfred Eicher.