Danza y Canto

This piece was composed for the 2024 summer course "Guitar Encounters at Six Fours". The trainees (aged 11 to 16) are students from the Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée conservatory with an instrumental practice of 3 to 9 years. The writing addresses specific subjects for each of them. Example: for guitar 5 (end of cycle 1 students): learning notes in 6th string in D and rhythms in 7/8. For guitar 4 arpeggio work and thumb technique, for guitar 1... in short, tailor-made composition!!. As every year, the pieces are worked on intensively for 8 days (in addition to a trio and a solo) and the creation takes place at the end of the course.

From a writing point of view, the piece mixes Eastern European rhythms and a central part with a strong scent of urban music from Argentina.