Described by the German press as demonstrating “uncompromising honesty” (Neue Zeitschrift für Musik), praised for his unorthodox aesthetics (Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung), and whose work is called “brawny, high-contrast… full of rich counterpoint and compelling textural changes” (The NY Times), “strikingly individual” (The Toronto Star), and “wonderful-sounding” (The Buffalo News), Canadian-Polish composer Piotr Grella-Możejko has written on commissions from The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, The Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Edmonton Arts Council/Clifford E. Lee Fund, as well as the Canadian Music Centre and The Flanders Festival. Grella-Mozejko holds a Ph.D. and an M.Mus. from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. His works have so far been presented in thirty-six countries on five continents.
Mercurio (Monologhi brevi ed energici in memoria di Fausto Romitelli) – Allegro impaziente. The piece – in memory of Fausto Romitelli – represents my concept of «Ultravirtuosity», that is music written deliberately for only the very finest virtuosos in order to avoid mediocre interpretations.