Bogdanović, Zenamon, Assad, Ourkouzonov & Guevara: Music for Cello & Guitar Dúo Villa-Lobos

• Dušan Bogdanović (b. 1955): 4 Pièces intimes:
• 1 4 Pièces intimes: No. 1, Prière 02:02
• 2 4 Pièces intimes: No. 2, Mouvement 02:55
• 3 4 Pièces intimes: No. 3, La harpe de David 02:50
• 4 4 Pièces intimes: No. 4, Chant 01:59
• Jaime M. Zenamon (b.1953): Reflexões No. 6:
• 5 Reflexões No. 6: I. Fluido 03:24
• 6 Reflexões No. 6: II. Doloroso 05:03
• 7 Reflexões No. 6: III. Vivissimo 02:38
• Sérgio Assad (b.1952): Jobiniana No. 4:
• 8 Jobiniana No. 4 06:17
• Atanas Ourkouzounov (b.1970): Tanzologia (Version for Cello & Guitar):
• 9 Tanzologia (Version for Cello & Guitar): I. Contempotango 05:07
• 10 Tanzologia (Version for Cello & Guitar): II. Valse-slave 02:32
• 11 Tanzologia (Version for Cello & Guitar): III. Bulgarian Rock 03:44
• Edwin Guevara (B.1977): Fantasy:
• 12 Fantasy: I. Providence 05:23
• 13 Fantasy: II. Gràcia 06:24
• 14 Fantasy: III. Cantalar 05:15
• Total Runtime 55:33

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In recent years a number of composers have explored the tonal chemistry of timbre and texture offered by the ensemble of cello and guitar. The examples here, from South America and Eastern Europe, are among the most ambitious and technically demanding yet to have been written. Vivacious Latin-American rhythms, such as the Milonga and Chacarera, are explored by Edwin Guevara, while the Bulgarian Atanas Ourkouzounov creates an aura of indigenous folk culture in Tanzologia. Both lyricism and rhythmic dynamism suffuse Dusan Bogdanovic’s Quatre pieces intimes. The Venezuelan cellist, Cecilia Palma, and the Colombian guitarist, Edwin Guevara, formed the Duo Villa-Lobos in 2003 while at the Liceu Conservatory of Music in Barcelona. They have performed concerts in Europe and the United States and specialize in original music for guitar and cello duo. In 2017 they gave the world premiere performance and were the dedicatees of Gran Concierto Sinfonico, “La Madre Monte,” Op. 198 by Jaime Zenamon, with the University Philharmonia Orchestra at the hill Auditorium in Michigan. They have also received the prize for contemporary music at the Arjau Festival. Cecilia Palma is a member of the cello faculty at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and cellist of the Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota. Edwin Guevara is a member of the guitar faculty at the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional de Colombia, and is a Knobloch Strings, Bermann Editions and Savino Music artist.

Dúo Villa-Lobos

Dúo Villa-Lobos
The Venezuelan cellist, Cecilia Palma, and the Colombian guitarist, Edwin Guevara, formed the Dúo Villa-Lobos in 2003 while at the Liceu Conservatory of Music in Barcelona. They have performed concerts in Europe and the United States and specialise in original music for guitar and cello duo. In 2017 they gave the world première performance and were the dedicatees of Gran Concierto Sinfónico, ‘La Madre Monte’, Op. 198 by Jaime Zenamon, with the University Philharmonia Orchestra at the Hill Auditorium in Michigan. They have also received the prize for contemporary music at the Arjau Festival. Cecilia Palma is a member of the cello faculty at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and cellist of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá. Edwin Guevara is a member of the guitar faculty at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia, and is a Knobloch Strings, Bergmann Editions and Savino Music artist.

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