EN PLEIN AIR
for solo flute and foot pump
[2026] // duration: ~ 7′
In 2026, the Po Valley continues its unbroken winning streak in air quality (PM 10 and PM 2.5), firmly consolidating its position as the most polluted region in Europe. Celebrating this achievement clearly calls for a breath of fresh air. A somewhat ungrateful heir to celebrated nineteenth-century painters, the flute becomes both medium and occasion to portray a quiet afternoon outdoors, somewhere along a typical Milanese four-lane road, dreaming, and no one here will deny it, of a salty sea breeze, best enjoyed on a high-performance inflatable mattress.
