Antonio Gervasoni

I recently finished composing the soundtrack for the Brazilian film Irmãs de Sangue (Bloody Sisters). Based on a real-life event, the film interweaves two parallel stories: the internal tensions of a wealthy family and the problems of three sisters from humble backgrounds, two of whom become employees of the family, while the third can only observe the confrontation of these two worlds from inside a convent.

My piece Gattesca: A Suite With Nine Lives was premiered today, November 12, 2025, by renowned pianist Po Sim Head at Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru. Dedicated to my cats, and especially to Athenea, who died in 2025, Gattesca attempts to capture a musical mood related to each cat or musically express what I feel when I think of them. The pieces are not programmatic, and apart from a few small onomatopoeic fragments, there is no extramusical material. The suite can be performed in full or just a selection of movements.

My piece Echoes of Time was premiered today in Cusco by the Cusco Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of renowned Peruvian violinist and conductor Carlos Johnson. Inspired by a poem by César Vallejo, Echoes of Time refers to the resonances of the past that linger in the present; it reflects how the sounds, images, and emotions of the rural landscape remain alive, like echoes reverberating through time. The work seeks to capture that sense of nostalgia and movement, evoking the rhythm of a life that, though distant, continues to resonate in memory.