e-piano

e-piano pieces

Eclipsis explores the limits of the higher and lower registers of the piano in a very different way to that of Wolfgang Rihm’s Chiffre I (1982) or the Sonata II (1983) by Salvatore Sciarrino. One note on the extreme register of the piano that insistently repeats one rhythm that Aurélio Edler-Copes rediscovers as a Samba. Disparate Volante is pure energy. In this work there is the sensation of having superimposed the pulse of several Scarlatti sonatas with an exquisite refinement in articulation and dynamics. In Tortured Vinyl, Jesús explores the inner piano using resources that have already been explored by other composers, but introducing as well the results of his own explorations, from using an inner tube of a bicycle tyre to obtain sounds through friction as if it were a bow, through using a pencil sharpener or a tuning fork to obtain a jeté or glissando on the strings, as well as to imitate the sound of a sitar. I=D by Iñaki Estrada, with whom I worked elbow to elbow from the beginning. The piece has two clearly defined sections: An introduction with a dreamlike character where the sounds are played inside the piano and some others at the keyboard. Tension is gradually generated and leads to an explosion of energy, which gives way to the second section of the piece. Ramon Humet brings a moment of rest and reflection to this project after so much energetic display. Mar i lluna written in 2004, is the oldest piece that I perform here which has got the aesthetics but not the form, that usually distinguishes Humet as a composer. Hilda Paredes in Páramo de voces is a journey into profound Mexico, to its most barren and uninhabited landscape, taken by the hand of a very elaborate piano writing, while the electronics generates and underlines a latent tension enhanced by the startling and extremely beautiful images of Graciela Iturbide. SEPT. A very personal and unique language develops in each one of these pieces. He treats the piano as an electroacoustic instrument and his very precise and detailed writing reflects a true craftsmanship of sound. Seven miniatures that, according to Cristian, describe seven psychological characters of six friends and himself in which there are very many elements in common that, as a whole create a complex universe.