His approach to composition (alien to fashionable currents,[5] and based on a distinctly atonal harmonic idiom[4]) focuses on the symbols hidden in the syntax of sounds.[6][7] His language is characterised by the search for a perceptible attraction, according to what he himself refers to as the "principle of necessity",[8] linking the elements of the musical narrative[3][5] as an ineludible condition of its vitality, i.e. significance.[8]
Partnerships and collaborations
Di Gesu's debut at La Scala Theatre took place in May 2013, when La Scala String Quartet premiered his "Verdigo",[9][10][11] a work which the ensemble had commissioned on the occasion of the bicentennial of Giuseppe Verdi's birth.
La Scala String Quartet had already played Di Gesu's works such as "Ansikte mot ansikte" (for Serate Musicali - Milano, and Ente Concerti Pesaro[12]) and "WOLFiliGrANG" (at the Rovereto Mozart Festival[13]).
In 2014 the Teatro La Fenice (Venice) commissioned from him "Luci d'estate" which was premiered by the Ex Novo Ensemble in July of the same year.[14][15]
Other artistic partners of Di Gesu's are
Peter Bradley-Fulgoni, who has performed works of his in venues like St Martin-in-the-Fields - London, Salle Cortot - Paris, Skrjabin Museum, Richter Memorial Apartment – Moscow;[3] besides, he has included various works of his in his CDs "PianOLYPHONY"[16] and "PianOLYPTYCHS".[15]
Poems by Di Gesu, such as “La vita è un sogno”[21] and “Al giardino”,[22] have been recited by Maria Brivio and Federika Brivio within the radio broadcast, Diamo l’Abbrivio.[23]
Computer-based drawings of his appear on the cover of the CD “PianOLYPHONY”[16] recorded by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (Foxglove Audio - FOX091), and in the score of “Geometria di un diletto” (edition db).[3][5][4]