Raphaël Feuillâtre & Eduardo Egüez : Salle Cortot

About the Event

The guitar has endured through the centuries, constantly reinventing itself. By turns intimate and contemplative, then virtuosic and festive, it transcends the boundaries between aristocratic salons and working‐class circles. Historically, it carries on the tradition of older instruments such as the vihuela, which emerged in the 16th century on the Iberian Peninsula. A close relative of the lute, which was enjoying great popularity throughout the rest of Europe, the vihuela inspired a refined repertoire among composers such as Alonso Mudarra and Luis de Milán. As the Baroque guitar gradually gained prominence toward the end of the century, it opened up to folk traditions. Gaspar Sanz’s work offers a broad panorama of the styles of the era and reveals a profound cultural fusion, nourished in particular by influences from the New World (as also attested by the Codex Saldivar, a manuscript discovered in Mexico). It was, however, in the 19th and 20th centuries that the guitar reached one of its most accomplished forms of expression, particularly in Spain, where composers such as Albéniz, Falla, Rodrigo, and Granados gave it a voice that is both nostalgic and radiant. Two virtuosos and poets of the plucked strings come together here to celebrate the star instrument of the Iberian world.

MILÁN, ORTIZ, SANZ, ALBÉNIZ, TARREGA, PIAZZOLLA…
Pavanas, Jácaras, Canarios, Fandango, Folias, Tarantelas, Milongas et Tangos…