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The Violin Concerto is written in homage to the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, an ephemeral figure of contemporary painting (he died at the age of 28), and an eminent representative of a new style, close to graffiti and "street art", in the New York of the 1980s.
In a number of his works one can discern a figure topped with a halo, but very deconstructed as if "shattered". This is the case of the four paintings cited here: Fallen Angel, Saint, Acque Pericolose, and Tar and Feathers. in order to highlight the presence of a "sacred paradox", variations on the theme of the Dies Irae can be discerned in most of the movements.
Pascal Zavaro