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“The Plus One” for two pianos

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Program note:

The Plus One is a sum of two pieces for solo piano that when played together create something greater than the sum of its parts. This work can be performed as a duo or as a three-movement piece: Piano I (solo), Piano II (solo) and Piano I + Piano II (duo).

Performance requirements:

Piano I should have two timpani mallets and a guitar pic (or similar) for the sections were playing inside of the instrument is required. The timpani mallets can be substituted with any type of soft yarn mallets. A layer of packing tape should be added to the strings on the notes E7 to B7. A single strip close to the instrument’s mechanism should work well for the section that starts in m. 170.

No preparations are needed for Piano II.

World premiere version: Ami I-Lin Cheng and Steve Beck pianos. July 2022. 

 

Hispanic Heritage Month on September 23

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Schedule

9 AM – Jacky Avila. El Espectáculo on Stage and Screen: Evocations of the teatro de revistas in cine mexicano. SU 169 – Tiered Room.

10 AM – Maria Fernanda Castillo. LAMI: Proactiveness in promoting Latin American music and heritage. SU 169 – Tiered Room.

11 AM – Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes. A brief history of Argentine tango music and dance. SU 169 – Tiered Room.

Noon – Donato Juarez & Julieta Julieta. Argentine Tango Master class at the SU Auditorium. Come dance!

4 PM – Live concert. New Music from el Rio de la Plata. Featuring the Domino Ensemble (Jorge Variego – saxophone and compositions, Matías Pedrana – bandoneon, Jon Hamar – double bass, Keith Brown – drums) and dancers Julieta Julieta and Donato Juarez. SU Auditorium.

Ciudad Vieja (string trio) premiered at the SSMF

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My 2020 string trio “Ciudad Vieja” was premiered on July 3rd at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival with Lin He (violin), Hillary Herndon (viola) and Meghan Berindean (cello).

Program note about the piece:

In South America, the “Ciudad Vieja” is an emblem that today represents the neighborhood of a city where tradition and modernity coexist. The sounds of the string trio are folkloric sonorities arbitrarily metamorphosed with the help of an academic lens. Tangos, milongas, candombes are all there, all present all absent.

The score of the piece can be purchased in the Online store here.

Live video (recorded at the Guerry Auditorium – University of the South)

“La Caja de Música”

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A new composition for multimedia for viola, electronics and video. “La Caja de Música” (the music box) proposes a journey through an imaginary world filled with memories tinted with the sounds of nostalgia. Embracing the metaphor of machine-made sounds, the piece offers an opportunity to glide away.

Urban Haiku to premiere in Rotterdam

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My new work Urban Haiku (for viola, bandoneón, bass clarinet and electronics) was premiered on November 24th at the International Viola Congress in Rotterdam. Hillary Herndon (viola), Matias Pedrana (bandoneón) and Jorge Variego (bass clarinet).

More information about the event, concerts and guests can be found here: https://ivcrotterdam2018.nl/

Video recording of the world premiere:

 

Roberto Oliveira premieres “Nunca tan lejos” in Galicia

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Nunca tan lejos (vibráfono, electrónica y video) – 2015 – Estreno mundial (click to watch the video)

Compuesta en SuperCollider, la electrónica intenta extender, desarrollar y muchas veces contraponer el discurso del intérprete a través de patrones que emergen y se evaporan. El material esencial de la pieza surge de una serie armónica que el vibrafonista revela gradualmente. El ordenador sigue un proceso similar, introduciendo transformaciones microtonales y procedimientos distorsivos que se acumulan, invitando a un viaje hacia un mundo de sonoridades poco familiares. La obra ofrece una serie concatenada de imitaciones imperfectas que van desde la adrenalina pura a momentos de profunda introspección.

** Este trabajo está dedicado a Roberto Oliveira