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Isaac Albéniz (18601–1909) was a celebrated Catalan composer and pianist, a disciple of Felipe Pedrell . Thanks to the help of Guillermo Morphy , Count of Morphy, composer and patron of the arts, he obtained a pension to train at the Brussels Conservatory in 1876, completing his studies in 1879. Being a virtuoso piano composer, Albéniz also composed music for other instruments and dedicated more than a decade of his almost forty-nine years of life to writing themes for the theater, such as his most successful operatic work Pepita Jiménez; he also dedicated himself to performing concerts or recording his opera Merlín . During his career he wrote more than two dozen songs, as well as several orchestral and chamber themes.

Asturias was composed in the 1890s, a period when Albéniz was living in London . Despite its name, the piece has no connection with the musical tradition of Asturias , being more closely related to Andalusian flamenco. Upon publication, Albéniz conceived it as a prelude to the collection Chants d'Espagne . Years later it would become the fifth movement of the Suite española, published after Albéniz 's death with its current title and subtitled Leyenda in 1911 by the German publisher Hofmeister .

The version we offer today is arranged for accordion and symphony orchestra with the world-renowned accordionist from Guipuzcoa, Iñaki Alberdi as soloist accompanied by the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra conducted by maestro José Luis López Antón .

Karlos Sánchez Ekiza is a professor of music at the Faculty of Letters at the University of the Basque Country . An ethnomusicologist and practicing musician (and award-winning composer and arranger in his spare time), his lines of research focus on Basque music, its imaginaries and manifestations, and especially on matters relating to music and identity. He has been director of Trans , a transcultural music journal, vice-president of the Iberian Society of Ethnomusicology and president of the Folklore Section of the Society for Basque Studies . His publications include Txuntxuneroak : Narratives, identities and ideologies in the history of txistularis , From danbolin to silbo : txistu, tamboril and Basque dance in the age of the Enlightenment and Euskal Musika Klasikoa , commissioned by the Etxepare Institute . He is also the author of several articles on dance for the Auñamendi Encyclopedia and around thirty articles in national and international publications focusing on Basque music and dance, ranging from pre-nationalist imaginings to Basque participation in the Women's Section competitions during the Franco era and Basque radical rock . (Excerpt from the UPV/EHU website)

The txistu is a musical instrument that belongs to the European family of the "three-hole flute". It is played with one hand (usually the left), leaving the other hand free to play the small drum that hangs from the arm used to play the txistu . Currently tuned in F, it is frequently accompanied by the whistle or txistu haundi , a lower-pitched instrument, tuned in B flat . The txirula , a higher-pitched instrument, belongs to the same family and is usually accompanied by the ttun ttun (string drum). The txistu is used in pilgrimages, parades, tributes, institutional events and in different types of concerts, both as a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra, or as part of a small txistu band , as is the case we offer today; a band made up of three voices (txistu 1st, txistu 2nd and whistle) and a snare drum.

Today the Hego Haizeak Txistus Band made up of Aitor Urquiza (Txistu 1st), Ainara Martínez (Txistu 2nd), Xabier Olazabal (Silbote) and Beñat López (Atabal) offers us the Burundarrak suite articulated in three movements: I (0´5´´) FANDANGOA .-. II (1´50´´) ARIN-ARIN .-. III (3´47´´) BIRIBILKETA; suite written by Karlos Sánchez Ekiza .

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) was a German harpsichordist and composer, the second son from his first marriage to Johann Sebastian Bach, with whom he studied harpsichord, performance, and composition. He was one of the founders of Classicism . In 1738 he joined the court of Frederick the Great . Not feeling sufficiently appreciated, he left the court to move to Zittau and later to Leipzig . In 1768, after the death of Telemann , he succeeded him as Kapellmeister of Hamburg , where he lived until his death in 1788. Throughout his career he wrote numerous keyboard works, some two hundred chamber works, nineteen symphonies, fifteen concertos for various instruments, several songs and hymns, two oratorios, and twenty passions.

The works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach are found under two different references, Wq. and H. , which refer to two different catalogues: Wq. (sometimes W.) is an abbreviation for Wotquenne , an index compiled by Alfred Wotquenne ; it is the oldest catalogue (1905). H. , on the other hand, is the catalogue compiled by E. Eugen Helm , which is more complete and up-to-date.

Bach wrote his set of six string symphonies in 1773 while serving as music director of Hamburg . The symphonies were commissioned by a music-loving Austrian baron who instructed the composer to "let himself be carried away entirely, without regard to the difficulties of execution which must necessarily arise as a result."

The Symphony in C Major Wq 182/3 , the third in the set, with its wild invention and abrupt changes of mood, must have pleased the Baron. CPE felt his music should stir the listener’s emotions, and he designed a style that could achieve this while also embracing the fiery passions of the Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) movement then sweeping the arts in central Europe . “The way I see it,” the composer wrote in his 1773 autobiography, “music must stir the heart emotionally, and a performer will never accomplish this merely by stirring, hammering, and arpeggiating. Not with me, anyway.” (Comments excerpted from the LA Phil article.)

Today we offer it in a version by the Croatian baroque ensemble conducted by the Austrian maestro Andreas Helm .

Andrea Tarrodi (1981) is a Swedish composer based in Stockholm . She started playing piano at the age of eight; she soon became interested in composition. She studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm , the Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia (Italy) and the College of Music in Piteå . She completed her Master's degree in Composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 2009. Tarrodi has received important national and international awards and recognitions for writing for a wide variety of ensembles, with a special interest in vocal and orchestral music. His works have been performed by the BBC Philharmonic, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Turku Philharmonic, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the New Bedford Symphony, the Swedish Radio Symphony, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and the Gothenburg Symphony, among many others, and his music has been performed in the United States, Germany, Austria, France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Serbia, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Turkey, Mexico, Japan, China, Australia, and South Africa. He is currently a member of the Swedish Performing Rights Society ( STIM ) and the Swedish Composers Society ( FST ). (Excerpt from the LA Phil article)

Songs of the Sky, a concertino for piano and strings, was commissioned by pianist Natalya Pasichnyk , the performer of this video. The piece is based on two folk songs: one from Ukraine and one from Sweden , both related to the sky.

Zucchero or Zucchero Fornaciari (1955; stage name meaning "sugar" in Italian) is an Italian singer and musician. He first learned musical notions from an African-American student who attended the veterinary school in Bologna , with whom he learned to play the Beatles, Bob Dylan , and the Rolling Stones . In 1968, his family moved to Versilia (Forte dei Marmi) for work, and the young man was forced to change his friends, habits, glasses, hat, and social security number, which caused him severe trauma and terrible depression. Thus, he turned to music and became familiar with rhythm and blues and the music of the Mississippi Delta. He founded " Le nuove luci ", a group of young musicians like himself, with whom he began playing in local dance halls. He studied at the Carrara Technical Industrial Institute and then enrolled at the Veterinary School . But he didn't finish his studies, devoting himself completely to music. Although his true love is the blues , when he writes songs for others, he strives to follow Italian music, even if ears pigeonholed into closed codes don't usually consider it to be of the same quality. In 1985, his artistic life changed when he and the Randy Jackson Band presented the song " Donne " in Sanremo . With " Bluesugar " he reached his ninth album, with record sales (1989's "Oro, Incenso & Birra" was the best-selling album in the history of Italian song) and achieved good positions in foreign sales charts. From that moment on, the successes have been continuous in Italy and abroad.

Gian Marco (Lima, August 17, 1970) is a Peruvian singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer. His mother is Peruvian actress and singer Regina Alcover ; his father, the late Peruvian composer and singer Javier Zignago . At only 12 years old, he sang for the first time on television in Buenos Aires, Argentina , on the program Domingos Gigantes , hosted by Orlando Marconi . That same year, he sang in Caracas, Venezuela , on the program La revista de los sábados ; during his youth, he participated in a series of artistic events. Within his brilliant artistic career, we can highlight that in 2003, he received the award for Latin Revelation Artist at the Music Awards of the General Society of Authors and Editors of Spain (SGAE); He has also won three Latin Grammy Awards for Best Singer-Songwriter Album in 2005, 2011, and 2012, and has over 15 nominations to date. In 2013, he was nominated for the Oye! Awards in the categories of Spanish-Language Album of the Year, Spanish-Language Song of the Year (for "Invisible"), and Male Solo Artist . On February 6, 2006, he was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund by UNICEF .

National Folkloric Ballet of Argentina , artistic company of Argentine folk dances created in 1986 by National Law No. 23,329​. Under the direction of Santiago Ayala and Norma Viola , both leaders in the field of Argentine folk dances, the dance company made its first performance on July 9, 1990 at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires . Since then, in addition to having toured the main Argentine cities and festivals, it has taken its art on international tours and exhibitions, such as Mexico, Albania, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, France, Japan, Paraguay, Portugal and Switzerland .

Iran has four categories of dance, and these genres are: chain or line dances, solo improvisational dances, war or combat dances, and ritual or spiritual dances. Line or chain dances are often named after the region or ethnic groups with which they are associated. Improvisational dances use delicate and graceful movements of the hands and arms, such as wrist circles. War or combat dances mimic combat or help train warriors. Ritual or spiritual dances often consist of a healing ritual involving trance, music, and movement that is performed to rid a person possessed by a spirit and appears to be a state similar to that of an exorcism.

The Afsaneh Ballet is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to the art, dance, music, and poetry of the Persian cultural heritage of Iran, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China , and Uzbekistan . It was founded in 1986 by Sharlyn Sawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area. The corps has been composed primarily of women. Company director Sharlyn Sawyer , a belly dancer, was a pioneer of Central Asian choreography in the late 1980s. The word Afsaneh is a Persian word meaning "myth" or "fable." The dynamic group presents performances and activities featuring dance, poetry, and music from the Silk Road , the historic trade route that stretched thousands of miles through Central Asia from the China Sea to the Mediterranean .