Javier Laso - New Worlds (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

I was born in Fribourg (Switzerland) in 1975 and began my special relationship with music at an early age: my grandmother, Sara Guzmán, was a concert pianist and composer and taught my father to play. I spent my musical childhood practising and improvising with him. It was during those years that I learned the most important lesson: music is something more than the score – it’s a living creature and so needs to undergo constant change.

At twelve I gained a place at the Salamanca Conservatory, where I studied piano with Juan José Diego and Jacobo Ponce. With the help of Luis Ángel de Benito and Alejandro Yagüe I also developed my understanding of composition, which resulted in writing my first (and only) piano concerto. It was at this time that I met Almudena Cano, too, and her playing, lectures and advice were to have a decisive influence on my career. I graduated with honours in 1999 and decided to continue my studies at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest.

I lived in Budapest for five years, studying under the tuition of Rita Wagner and Péter Nagy. Their teaching was invaluable and I knew it would always be with me: they opened up the path to my creativity. It was Ferenc Rados, however, who led me to discover a world in which a combination of spontaneity, improvisation and in-depth comprehension of the score can produce a unique musical experience.

In the last twenty years I’ve given many solo recitals, as well as appearing with chamber ensembles and as an orchestral soloist. I’ve made a number of recordings and currently teach piano at the Tenerife Conservatory, having previously taught at the Salamanca Conservatory.

TRACKLIST

1. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: Thème. Andantino
2. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 1, Tranquillo e molto amabile
3. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 2, Gracioso
4. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 3, Para la mano izquierda. Lento
5. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 4, Espressivo
6. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 5, Tempo di Mazurka
7. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 6, Recitativo
8. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 7, Allegro leggiero
9. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 8, Andante dolce e espressivo
10. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 9, Valse
11. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 10, Évocation. Cantabile molto espressivo
12. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 11, Lento dolce e legato
13. Javier Laso - Variations on a Theme of Chopin: No. 12, Galope y Epílogo
14. Javier Laso - Piano Sonata, Op. 1
15. Javier Laso - Fantasía Baetica
16. Javier Laso - Piano Sonata, Sz. 80: I. Allegro moderato
17. Javier Laso - Piano Sonata, Sz. 80: II. Sostenuto e pesante
18. Javier Laso - Piano Sonata, Sz. 80: III. Allegro molto



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