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"Danzarín" by Julián Plaza is undoubtly part of the unspoken "canon" of sacred pieces of the tango world. Here we listen Juan María Solare's version for solo piano.

Every composer has a signature piece, not necessarily his best, which defines his style, his intimacy. Danzarín (Little Dancer) is thus a concentration of Julián Plaza's artistic personality. The first theme, a rhythm injection, builds on a pianistic device called "campanitas" or little bells: rhythmed dissonances in the high register. Typical of this composer is a second theme cantabile in the cello register. (From the liner notes of Solare's CD "Tango Monologues", http://www.juanmariasolare.com/CD_tango_monologues.html)

Tango Monologues on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0g8EVIRSpQfYAob47onEAK

Tango Monologues

Danzarín

JUAN MARIA SOLARE - Danzarín (by Julián Plaza)

Aquarelles: III. Au Pic de Bugarach

El tango como una música de lejanías y de una experiencia melancólica del mundo enlaza aquí en tres gestos alrededor de la imagen del camino y el ciprés, el árbol de la última morada.

Esta obra fue escrita para el pianista Juan María Solare para el Proyecto "15 minutes of fame" de Vox Novus, Nueva York, Usa y estrenada en el ciclo de "conciertos del mediodia" de la Unversidad de Bremen, Alemania el 15 de junio de 2012.

piano: Juan María Solare

Y se alejó por el camino de los cipreses (2012)

De profundis, for electric guitar, by Juan María Solare

This work incarnates an apparent contradiction:

The musical genre "De profundis", derived from the Salm 130, is usually associated with religious thought. The instrument, electric guitar, is usually associated with atheistic or even demoniac ideologies related to rock and metal.

But there is no contradiction. An agnostic guitarist can be so disappointed with the world as to address any God from the depths of his soul. Those who are free of conflicts, go ahead and throw the first stone.


De profundis * electric guitar * Juan María Solare

Luto, pieza para piano dedicada al pianista argentino Orlando Millaá in memoriam.

Luto, a piano piece dedicated to Argentine pianist Orlando Millaá in memoriam.

Una anécdota inédita y la partitura de esta obra:
https://juanmariasolare.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/sobre-orlando-millaa/

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Luto

JUAN MARIA SOLARE - Luto (a Orlando Millaá)

Announcement of Dawn, for handbell choir. Composer: Juan María Solare (Argentina / Germany)
Performers: Windy Valley Ringers, conducted by Krista Connelly.
April 24, 2016 concert "New Life, New Music" at Ellensburg First United Methodist Church, Washington, USA.
https://ellensburgumc.org
http://www.juanmariasolare.com/

"Announcement of Dawn" was selected as a winner in the Windy Valley Ringers call for scores 2016.

Announcement of Dawn is also available in its version for Music Box in the CD "Music Box Music" by Juan María Solare:
https://open.spotify.com/track/36UuNyf3hwTkSt9yCQdNCQ

Music Box Music

Announcement of Dawn

Announcement of Dawn | Handbells | Juan María Solare | Windy Valley Ringers

Original sample: Coney Island Washboard by The Mills Brothers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtMEjy-hEmQ, recently featured on the film Wonder Wheel.

The Wheel (From Wonder Wheel)

9Dec18

Experimenting with Arturia Arp 2600 V2 + CodeFN42's Transition + MTurboDelay

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Boson Spin - Glomick

Things To Come... Part Minus Two

Solare unifies in his person -and his esthetic- diverse tensions: contemporary music and tango argentino, South and North, composition and performance... The stylistic elements of his musical Oeuvre include a tendency to aphoristic, a quote of unbribable melancholy, a dose of irony and humor (related to the surrealistic absurd), and an aspiration towards sublimity. Solare considers that art music and light music are not irreconcilable extremes, but poles in a force field, and moves himself comfortably between both points with a very personal "musical bilingualism". In Solare's Work, these differences can -may- coexist without contradictions. 

JUAN MARIA SOLARE - Danzarín (by Julián Plaza)

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