A la memoria de Astor. Roberto Aussel
Astor Piazzolla was first moved to compose for the classical guitar after hearing a live performance by the Argentine guitarist, Roberto Aussel. The result was the Cinco piezas, his only work for solo guitar, which he dedicated to Aussel and who performed the world premiere in 1980 at the Paris UNESCO auditorium, with the maestro in the audience. In 1981, with Piazzolla on bandoneon, Aussel subsequently shared the Parisian premiere of his Double Concerto for Bandoneon, Guitar and Orchestra. With this programme Roberto Aussel pays homage to the memory of Piazzolla with a cosmopolitan programme that celebrates the international spirit of the composer's artistic outlook. Together with Piazzolla's Cinco piezas and arrangements of several of his more popular pieces, British and other Argentine works sit alongside Toru by Spanish-Portuguese composer, Inés Badalo - an homage to the Japanese composer, Toru Takemitsu; as well as A la memoria de Astor by Piazzolla's protégé, Saúl Consentino.
Saúl Cosentino (arr. R. Aussel) A la memoria de Astor
Astor Piazzolla Cinco piezas para guitarra | (arr. P. Enriquez) Jacinto Chiclana | (arr. R. Aussel) El gordo triste | (arr. P. Uccelli) Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi
Enrique Núñez Tango Op. 7
Richard R. Bennett Impromptus
Inés Badalo Toru (Hommage à Takemitsu)
Roberto Aussel guitar
Born in La Plata, Argentina, Roberto Aussel is highly regarded as one of the world's finest classical guitarists. He enjoys an active career performing on concert stages across the world, alongside a permanent teaching post at the Musikhochschule of Cologne. His repertoire ranges from the Baroque to contemporary music and includes Latin American folk and popular music. He has edited guitar music collections for the publishers Editions Henry Lemoine and l’Empreinte mélodique, and has garnered First Prizes at some of the most prestigious international competitions, including Radio France, Porto Alegre (Brazil) and Alirio Díaz (Venezuela). In 1999 he won the prestigious Konex de Platino prize awarded by the Konex Foundation of Buenos Aires, and in 2016 he received the Honorary José Tomás Award by the Petrer Guitar Festival (Spain).
Organised by ILAMS as part of Echoes Festival 2021 in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes and Pixaudio, with the kind support of the Embassy of Argentina
