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ASK THE WATER  [2023]   
clarinet and piano
Duration: c. 9 minutes

World Premiere
17 May 2025
International Composers Festival, Concert Hall of the K. Penderecki Academy of Music, Cracow, Poland
Piotr Lato, clarinet, Wioletta Fluda-Tkaczyk, piano   

​​*ASK THE WATER, live or recorded, can be used for dance.
Ask the Water draws inspiration and its title from ... And the Water Was Clear Again - a poem by Azadeh Najmabadi. My intention was to write a defiant piece that embraces the power of water and nature in general. At the same time, the piece conceals the idea of ​​purification and the hope that in the future humanity will be able to pollute its own environment less. Ask the Water is dedicated with thanks to Fluda & Lato Duo. ​
This work was created with support from public sources in the form of a scholarship from the Slovak Arts Council
© 2026 Peter Machajdík. ​All rights reserved.