Manuel Contreras Vázquez: Tarió (Live)

Featuring

Jacopo Facchini
Alice Purton
Mark Knoop
Estelle Lallement
Filipe Marques
Michael Nicolas

Florencia Nuvoa
Javiera Lara
Paola Muñoz Manuguián
Karina Fischer
Dante Burotto
Miguel Ángel Muñoz
Beatriz Lemus
Joaquín López
Fernanda Ortega
Pablo Aranda
Virgo Vox Ensemble
Plus-Minus Ensemble
Duo Lallement Marques
Taller De Música Contemporánea De Salamanca
Manuel Contreras Vázquez

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in five different locations across four countries: Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the United States, and Chile.

Album & Artwork

The album title, Tarió, means 'Path' in Kawésqar, the language of one of the First Nations of Patagonia.

Composer Biography

Manuel Contreras Vázquez is a Chilean-Spanish composer based in Italy, who has held composer-in-residence positions in various countries including Spain, France, Bolivia, and Finland.

Performer Biography

The Plus-Minus Ensemble, founded in 2003, is a UK-based group known for commissioning new work and its interest in performative, electroacoustic, and conceptual pieces, including experimental open works like Stockhausen's 1963 classic.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Manuel Contreras Vázquez's compositions are characterized by a commitment to Latin American social issues and an almost obsessive predilection for complex timbral exploration.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Contreras Vázquez's compositional approach is influenced by the ideas of Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, viewing the score as an expanded 'notational' space rather than just a musical discipline.

Performer Biography

Michael Nicolas, the cellist on this album, is a 'long-admired figure on the New York scene' and a member of the intrepid string quartet Brooklyn Rider and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).