EAST WINDS
East Winds was composed for the debut of Balkan Moods, a quintet of renowned Bulgarian musicians. Premiered during a concert series in Switzerland in October 2024, the piece blends classical, jazz, and Balkan traditional styles.
Its improvisatory elements, complex rhythms, and melodic themes provide space for interpretative freedom between musicians with diverse classical, jazz, or Balkan traditional musical backgrounds.
The third guitar part includes advanced cross-rhythmic techniques that challenge musical dexterity and offers a multi-string guitar part.
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THE EVER EVOLVING ETUDE
This composition is written in 4/4 time with smaller rhythmic divisions through sixteenth notes passing mainly through two parallel melodic lines where both alternate between notes and rests. This movement gives defined staccato rhythms in a subtle pulse of salsa - basically a Cuban genre strongly developed in the eastern neighbourhoods of New York in the 1960s.
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BIANCA
This piece is dedicated to the daughter of Egberto - Bianca. It is originally for 6 string guitar and is often integrated as a contrasting piece into the 10-string guitar repertory from the composer.
In order to highlight some of the musical shapes created from the the accent- changing voice Dimitar adds more harmony and accompany notes during the repetition of the first part of the piece.
The two parallel voices enchant within a feeling coming from a momentary perception of a new beginning.
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KINDERSZENEN
Angela Kleger arranged this work for 10-string guitar with a careful choice of tuning and with included fingering involved into the musical features giving a technical ease to the performer.
The additional notes, which must be played also with the left hand on the 4 additional strings is an innovative technique, which Angela also encourage to experiment with.
The arrangement preserves the original piano text and it’s tonal range between all different voices.
Playing on solo 10-string guitar, the work flows within it’s intimate character flourishing with colorful timbres and curious unexpected beauty.
