Details

Duration: 10 minutes

Movements:

• I. Estudio de Marinera Norteña

• II. Estudio de Pregón

• III. Estudio de Festejo

• IV. Estudio de Landó

• V. Estudio de Vals Criollo

Premiere:

• February 21st, 2013 (first etude only)

• Patricia Mora (1st Prize Winner)

• Award Ceremony of the FICLA 2013 Clarinet Competition

• National Conservatory of Peru (Lima, Peru)

About the work

These etudes offer a stimulating challenge to clarinet students and professionals around the world. They can be played on clarinets of all sizes, and are suited for individual study as well as for performance in recitals, festivals and competitions.

Their pedagogic value is threefold; on a technical level, they will help achieve proficiency in a variety of articulations, dynamics, and leaps throughout the range of the instrument.  Furthermore, the reading and assimilation of tricky rhythms, the conscious differentiation of melodic and harmonic elements, and the contrasts in musical character will play a part in the development of a sensible musicianship. Also, the Estudios offer ethnomusicological insight; based on traditional genres from the coast of Peru, with a unique mix of European, African and Native American musical influences, they represent a fascinating artistic tradition still largely unknown to many musicians and concertgoers around the globe.