"Suite Himalaya" is a musical composition created by Dominique Barthassat, Swiss composer and pianist, whose origin is in the soundscape, created by the same author, the exhibition "Visions de l'Himàlaia Alteralitat a les col • MEN leccions ". 

 

In the last room of the exhibition the visitor is plunged into darkness through a soundscape that transports musically Himalayan environments perceived as a passenger inside a train. 

 

The development of this composition has led to the "Suite Himalaya". Piano & Sound Architecture. This four-movement musical dialogue between the piano and the spatial soundscape evokes a journey from the Gangetic plain to higher peaks Himàlaia. 

 

The circular partition creates an immersive effect at 360 ° combines three planes, spatial sound design - bond of atmosphere - an instrumental and symphonic orchestration and an ethnographic dimension instrumenatrium sounds of India, Tibet and China . 

The piano, in the tradition of the great concerto repertoire, talks with circular alternating between playing with the keyboard and strings partition. 

 

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In counterpoint to the music, choreography with different yoga postures Asanas creates a unique aesthetic universe, between tradition and contemporaneity archetype. 

 

The "Himalaya Suite" created in Valencia inaugurated a series of four works by the composer to be the object of a journey in India in 2015 with an innovative concept of concert titled "Live Sound Navigator". This type of multi-action concert takes place in several areas, offering the public the Opportunities to move freely in space.