Like many of you, I have been recording flute videos of pieces conceived during the worldwide confinement due to Covid-19. It has been a journey of self discovery, for I have explored in each of these short videos, different musical ideas that I think they go very well with the solo flute and the aesthetics of not only the modern flutist but also an eager contemporary listener.
To me, the most important thing is to be as expressive as possible through a discourse that is able to establish two simultaneous dialogues that intersect: one between tradition and modernity, and the other between contemporary performance and the musics of the world, which are somehow present in my musical thought through metaphors, deliberate tonal ambiguity, phrasing, breathing and sound.
I truly hope you enjoy the videos. Here is my last rendition, my fourth video for a piece called Imán (magnet)
112 segundos for solo flute is a short piece conceived to be the first one of a series of flute music works “MÚSICA DESDE EL INTERIOR” “Music from the Inside” to cope with these hard times of world wide confinement (April 2020) due to COVID-19, hoping music will ease, even for a few seconds, our long hours indoors. Hundreds of concerts and festivals have been cancelled, and we cannot help but to find ways to share our craft and give it away just for your own enjoyment.
Música por descubrir -Music to be discovered- is an hour radio show that brings the attention to unknown, rare and yet valuable works by composers of all times, emphasizing on the music creations and contexts of living composers. Designed, curated and hosted by Alejandro Escuer, this show is a true audible path for the classical music listener to conquer and enjoy music you have never or rarely heard of, and it is aired every week, Saturdays at 7 pm in the classical music station Opus 94.5-FM which belongs to Mexico’s National Public Radio: Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER).
¡Y nace una nueva obra! Estoy muy emocionado de presentarles el estreno absoluto de VELCRO, un brillante y extremadamente virtuoso concierto para flauta y orquesta que me escribió Felipe Perez Santiago. El estreno será con la Orquesta sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes dirigida por Miguel Salmón Del Real el próximo 12 de septiembre a las 8 pm en el Teatro Pablo de Villavicencio de Culiacán Sinaloa. ¡Ahí nos vemos!
