Trumpet and piano
SKU:
FG.55011-529-3
Composed by Tuomas
Turriago. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-529-3. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-529-3).
ISBN
9790550115293.
Vene
zuelan trumpet virtuoso
Pacho Flores asked Tuomas
Turriago to write a piece
for their recital in
Tampere (Finland) in
April 2019. The composer
tells: My half-Colombian
soul fell in love with
the Venezuelan merengue
at once when it was
introduced to me by
Pacho, and it has been an
important construction
material in my music ever
since. It was featured in
my children's opera
Prinsessa Papupata
(2013-15) as well as in
my Sonatas for Tuba and
Piano (2010) and Alto
Saxophone and Piano
(2018), just to mention a
few works. In
Tanguerengue I decided to
combine two of my
favourite rhythms, tango
and merengue. Hence the
name Tanguerengue. This
is one of my happiest
compositions and gives an
enormous amount of room
for groovy rhythmical
play and limitless
trumpet virtuosity. The
form is one typical of
virtuoso works, a slow
introduction followed by
a fast movement. The
career of the composer,
pianist and conductor
Tuomas Turriago (b. 1979)
has been very versatile,
the main motivator being
a passion for music,
regardless of instrument,
style or genre. As a
pianist, he has focused
on chamber music, and has
worked as a lecturer in
collaborating piano at
Tampere Music Academy
since 2004. He has been
soloist of various
Finnish orchestras and
has performed at numerous
music festivals in
Finland and all over
Europe, the US, Colombia,
Near East and Far
East.
