Piazzolla, Jacqmin, Jakubowski & Villa-Lobos: Guitar Works

Featuring

Olivier Pelmoine
Ástor Piazzolla
Frédéric Jacqmin
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Pascale Jakubowski

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Astor Piazzolla, the composer of the Cinco piezas, is described as 'unclassifiable' – too classical or jazzy for traditional tangueros, and too tango for snobs.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Heitor Villa-Lobos, a composer featured on this album, created music 'by finger and ear' for the guitar, an instrument he played with the passion of an autodidact.

Composition History

Frédéric Jacqmin, a composer on this album, created his Cinq Parenthèses in 2017, dedicating them to Olivier Pelmoine, the guitarist.

Composition History

Astor Piazzolla's Cinco piezas are the only works the 'father of tango nuevo' wrote specifically for classical guitar.

Recording & Production

Pascale Jakubowski's work XBB, created for Olivier Pelmoine, incorporates sounds made by the guitar in contact with lithophones, wood, or bone, which are then inserted into the atonal score.

Performer Biography

Olivier Pelmoine co-founded the duo "Cordes et Âmes" with violinist Sara Chenal, winning the International Mauro Giuliani Competition and recording three albums.