As part of the research on Colombian composers from the last decades I dedicated an article to Andrés Samper. It evoques his bigoraphy, works and thoughts on his philosophy of teaching arts.
Find the article in the following link:
https://www.elartista.ugto.mx/index.php/ea/en/article/view/276
During the last years I have been immersed in the research of the guitarists that have outlined the history of the guitar in Colombia. Some of them have been Ramiro Isaza founder of the guitar program at the Nationale University of Colombia, and Francisco González, a guitarist and composer who emigrated first to Mexico and then to France from where he has been one of the leading figures of Colombian and Latin American culture and music.
FInd the history of these two artists in the following links:
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/874/87470125004
https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/estart/article/view/22539
I had the great honor of receiving the great piece “Haiku Amatorio” written by Cuban maestro Leo Brouwer. This piece was written in 2024 and I made the premier of this beautiful for his 87th birthday joining several guitarists from around the world for this magnificent highlight.
Watch the video here!:
It was an honor to perform at the celebration of 75th years of the Chemical Engineering Faculty at the National University of Colombia. This was this past September 14th and I performed music by Sor, Lennon-Mc Cartney, Tárrega and Campo Vives/Zuleta.
I have been very excited to release my fifth CD which is a selection of songs that have been meaningful at some point of my life. Thus, I this CD offers a vartiety of pieces in nice arrangements from Toru Takemitsu or Roland Dyens among others. Some of the songs that I perform are Yesterday (Lennon-Mc Cartney), Göttingen (Barbara) or Ne me quitte pas (Jacques Brel). I have also included the wonderful Fantasía Caribe No. 1 based on “La gota fria” written for guitar by Colombian composer and guitarist Rafael Campo Vives. At the moment the CD is only available in Colombia through Tango Discos. However soon it should be available worldwide and the plattforms.
“La gota fria” is a Colombian very famous song from the coast of this country, It was written by Emiliano Zuleta in 1938 and became like an anthem for Colombian people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SURvU68xhgA Listen the arrangement made by fellow Colombian composer arranger and guitarist Rafael Campo Vives.
Recently I had the honor to be selected as one of 200 pioneers women in Colombia! Here is the link for you to follow the interview!
https://www.facebook.com/RTVCColombia/videos/743855316305520
One of the projects in which I have been involved in the last years is to promote and perform new music written by Colombian composers. I have recently the opportunity to work on the piece by Carlos Lora “El retrato de Cecil”. I was very thrilled to learn this piece that Carlos composed inspired in his beloved mother, Cecil and he kindly dedicated to me. I hope you like this beautiful piece added to the new Colombian guitar repertoire!
Yesterday is like a hymn of our times. It was recorded in London on June 15th 1965. One of the features that made this song such an everlasting success is, that besides the beatiful melody, it includes a string quartet, a fact rarely seen in a long play of popular music. I have really enjoyed learn this fantastic arrangement of inconmensurable Toru Takemitsu. I hope you enjoy too the version I made from my home some weeks ago.
Even though the Spanish composer Isaac Aléniz (1860-1909) has not actually written for guitar, his music has been strongly inspired by the rich sounds of this instrument. Indeed, the arpegios that appear in his work Granada from Suite Española Op. 47 remind the typical playing of the guitar. Thus, the guitar transcription is very idiomatic seeming very natural and original for the instrument.
Here, then an interpretation I made of Granada!