Kety Fusco - Für Therese

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Description

In 1810, while Beethoven was losing his hearing, he wrote a piece that we all know today as Für Elise.
But few people know that the original title was most likely Für Therese, dedicated to Therese Malfatti, a woman Beethoven loved but who did not return his feelings.

A simple transcription error changed everything: the name Therese became Elise, and from that moment on, the story took a turn Beethoven never intended.

This theory has always fascinated Kety Fusco.
Who was Therese? Who was Elise? And what was Beethoven really trying to say with a melody he could no longer hear?

Kety imagined all of this like a film in her head. But instead of playing the piece sweetly, she chose to scream it through her harp.
A prepared, distorted, rough harp.
One that doesn’t accompany—it shouts.
As if Beethoven were furious, trying to tell the world:
“You misunderstood. It wasn’t for Elise. It was for Therese.”

To create this sound, Kety used a classical electroacoustic harp, amplified by 47 internal microphones, with a DPA microphone inserted directly into the soundboard.
The sound was shaped through a custom-built chain of analog effects, including:
– Red Panda Tensor for time-stretching and shifting,
– Red Panda Raster for chaotic delays and pitch variations,
– and a Boss distortion pedal to add raw saturation and sonic rebellion.

Kety comes from the classical world and trained with discipline.
But in Für Therese, she breaks every rule—giving voice to a forgotten name, turning the harp into a cry, and imagining a different ending: one where music rewrites the story.

Song Credits
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Produced by Kety Fusco & Nicolas Rabaeus

Video Credits
Directed by Sharon Ritossa, Gabriele Ottino