ALBENIZ Asturias | Nicolas BALDEYROU

Dear friends, I hope you are well! We’re lucky that our musical life is slowly coming back to normal in Europe and these last weeks have been really busy, that’s why I haven’t been posting for a while! But today I’m really happy to release this new video, about a too rarely heard composer : Isaac Albéniz 🇪🇸🔥 As one of the leading composers of his era, Albéniz’s influences on both contemporary composers and on the future of Spanish music are profound. As a result of his extended stay in France and the friendship he formed with numerous composers there, his composition technique and harmonic language has influenced aspiring younger composers such as Debussy and Ravel. His activities as conductor, performer and composer significantly raised the profile of Spanish music abroad and encouraged Spanish music and musicians in his own country. He is today well known for his piano works based on Spanish folk music idioms like Asturias, today’s piece! Despite this name, the piece is pure Andalusian flamenco. In the m