The instruments used on this recording include a Charles Baily cello from 1936, an Otto Hoyer bow from 1924, and an Alpha 5-octave Adams Marimba from 2021.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at Studios Piccolo in Montreal, Canada, from November 26-29, 2021, with Luna Pearl Woolf as recording producer and André St-Denis as recording engineer and mixer.
Interpretation
The performers on this album, Stick&Bow, aim to bridge past and present in their interpretation, like the Roman god Janus, looking both backward and forward.
Compositional Technique
Gustavo Beytelmann's music combines post-tonal music, jazz harmonies, improvisation, and contemporary music, with a piano style reminiscent of Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans.
Performer Biography
The duo Stick&Bow, consisting of Juan Sebastian and Krystina, formed in 2018 after a commissioned show by the Biennale Musique en Scène de Lyon.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Gustavo Beytelmann's compositional language reflects tango's refined roots and its culture of adaptation and transformation, weaving musical bridges with the genre's popular origins.
Composer Biography
Gustavo Beytelmann, the composer and pianist, fled Buenos Aires in 1977 as a political exile and was immediately invited to tour Europe with Astor Piazzolla's electronic group.
