Alfonso Gómez, the pianist on this album, has won 11 national and international prizes, including the grand prix in the J. Françaix (Paris) and Ciudad de Guernika competitions.
Performer Biography
Marta Zabaleta, one of the pianists, completed her degree in San Sebastian at age 16 and studied at prestigious European academies, including the Reina Sofía College of Music in Madrid with Dmitri Bashkirov.
Performer Biography
Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, the conductor, was invited by Pierre Boulez to be his Assistant in the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris in 1989.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ramon Lazkano, the composer, skillfully navigates between tradition and experimentation, adapting disparate compositional techniques while maintaining a unitary artistic project.
Compositional Technique
Many of Lazkano's piano pieces, including Zintzilik and Bras dessus bras dessous, systematically use silently depressed keys to explore instrumental resonances.
Composer Biography
Ramon Lazkano, the composer, completed his studies at the Conservatory of Paris with Alain Bancquart and Gérard Grisey, and his piano concerto Hitzaurre Bi won the Pierre de Monaco Prize in 1995.
Composer's Artistic Vision
A singular feature throughout Ramon Lazkano's piano oeuvre is his particular sensibility towards instrumental resonance, leading him to explore ways to reshape the piano's mechanical limits.
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