Descdesesasf., Trio-rito for violin, viola, cello, and external sounds (1995/2013) will be premiered, in a new version with electronics, on November 8 at the Conservatory in Venice. The work is a homage to Robert Schumann and Paul Celan. The compositional material has been drawn from Warum? (Why?), the third piece of Schumann’s Fantasiestücke op. 12, in which the motif (formed by the notes Des, C, Des, Es, As, F) returns repeatedly without receiving a response.

The subtitle, which brings together in an anagram "trio" vand "rito", alludes to the highly theatrical nature of the piece. In fact, the three musicians (members of the Ex-Novo Ensemble, with live electronics realized by Alvise Vidolin) do not limit themselves to a musical performance but also bring to the stage a poem by Celan (drawn from Atemwende), which, never becoming song, constitutes an estranging presence.