CANDOM

for String Quartet

Duration: 6:30 minutes

This is a work written to capture the feelings produced by the color and speed of life in the two big cities of the Río de la Plata – Buenos Aires and Montevideo – taking advantage of the rhythm that unites them better than any other: the candombe. This rhythm with African roots, today undeniably Uruguayan, in other centuries was as much from Montevideo as it was from Buenos Aires.
Composed in February, this work is influenced by the advent of the carnival. And since the Rio de la Plata carnival is surrounded by characters that evoke a mixture of joy and nostalgia, Candom goes through a lot of emotions, like every human being that goes through this existence with passion and commitment.

Commissioned and dedicated to the “The New Melodies” II International Composers Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Dmitry Danilov Music Agency.
Premiered on May 15, 2022, at White Hall of the Polytechnic University – St. Petersburg, Russia.

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