Jean-François Dichamp, the pianist, played the part of the young Mozart in Marcel Bluwal's epic film at the age of 12.
Interpretation
The performer, Jean-François Dichamp, juxtaposes works by Granados and Domenico Scarlatti, an Italian composer who studied flamenco and became musician to the Royal Court of Spain, to explore musical correspondences between their worlds.
Historical Context
Granados's Goyescas portrays members of the Spanish nobility from Francisco Goya's early works, who would have been part of the Court entourage and likely listened to music by Domenico Scarlatti.
Performer Biography
Jean-François Dichamp studied piano with Nikita Magaloff and Maria Curcio, a disciple of Schnabel, who deepened his knowledge of the piano.
Composition History
The sequence of pieces in Granados's Goyescas later became an opera, which is rarely played nowadays, but the original piano score contains all the elements.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Enrique Granados's Goyescas is an "Opera for piano," with each piece inspired by a painting or part of a painting by Francisco Goya, a Spanish romantic painter.
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