Pierre-Yves Macé

Pierre-Yves Macé composed, recorded, mixed and mastered Dobbiamo immaginare in Rome, at the Villa Médicis, between October 2024 and August 2025. The piano was recorded at the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, and a Coupigny synthesizer part comes from a 2011 session at the GRM. The words are taken from the correspondence of Giacomo Leopardi, Artemisia Gentileschi, Ugo Foscolo and Virginia Woolf, and the titles are borrowed from Jacques Derrida's La carte postale. Macé plays piano, glockenspiel, percussion and electronics. He is joined by Elena D'Alò on flutes, Angelo M. Farro on bass and electric guitar, Ivan Macera on percussion, Ludovica Manzo on voice, Erica Scherl on violin, Luca Venitucci on accordion and Virginia Vignera on harp.

The CD comes in a custom-made transparent envelope, with a booklet, a selection of letters and an exclusive photograph by Joseph Grigely. Artwork and design by Alice Jauneau and David Vallance.