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Create the Present, Recreate the Past (2024)

DAVID VAAMONDE LÓPEZ
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The following report documents a research project that aims to incorporate improvisation in classical piano recitals in an effective way, as a manner of refreshing such an old-fashioned format. In order to make it possible, the process started by mapping the field, developing basic skills in improvising interludes between written pieces and reading literature on improvisation as a concept. Regarding the need for a larger amount of technical and artistic resources, a more intensive study on piano extended techniques applied to improvisation and free improvisation was carried out, finishing the project with a focus on analysing the own aesthetics and working on proportion (time management). The artistic results are satisfactory, fulfilling the initial goals. Thus, the improvised interludes work sufficiently on their own and in relation to the written pieces surrounding them, thanks to the development of an efficient system that allows the improviser to adapt them to various contexts, according to their artistic needs. As a result, they are capable of adding artistic value to the content of a regular programme, potentially changing the perception of the listener and enhancing their engagement to the musical act. Such outcomes can serve as an inspiration to other musicians in order to start their own process, getting as close and incorporating as many elements of this one as they wish, with the intention of achieving a similar artistic development as the one derived from this research project.
typeresearch exposition
keywordspiano, improvisation, composer-performer, innnovative stage formats, extended techniques, new audiences
date09/05/2024
published09/05/2024
last modified09/05/2024
statuspublished
share statusprivate
affiliationCodarts, University of the Arts
copyright(c) David Vaamonde López
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2792485/2792486
published inCodarts
portal issueCodarts Artistic Research Reports.
external linkwww.codarts.nl


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