This, my first concerto, and the work I hold dearest even today, nevertheless cost me not only three months of composition but also several years of doubt and revision. It was first performed in Canne...
Although Rythmaginaires was published before Côté Sud, it is actually my second ensemble piece, and is genuinely written for eight guitars. Having whetted my appetite on Côté Sud a few years earlier,...
This is my first composition for guitar ensemble. At the time, there were few important works in this format, and they hardly sparked off my imagination (they included vague transcriptions of music by...
The sole (official) duet of my output was composed in Denmark, long after its elder brother Côté Sud. The unity of place, as the title suggests, was a determining factor and guided my feet - and my pe...
Following in the footsteps of L'Allusive, this title is a sort of double homage to two musicians who have meant a great deal to me, Leo Brouwer and Leonard Bernstein. The first page includes a distant...
Le Quatuor Accorde. Whatever you do, don't write or pronounce this title 'le quatuor accordÉ' (which means the quartet is in tune). The title refers rather to the well-known sound of the quartet's ope...
Muguets. This piece was composed in the spring and remains one of my favourites (like the lily-of-the-valley of the title). It is a light little waltz with a Parisian perfume, and is dedicated to a Co...
This work was commissioned by the Santo Tirso festival in Portugal, and while it does not drag us inexorably along the shorelines of the dark 'fado' (from the Latin 'fatum', destiny), it does transpor...
