THE PIANIST DANIEL ROJAS INTRODUCES HOW LATIN RIFFS ON HIS BABY GRAND PIANO FUSE WITH ANDREW BLANCH’S VERSATILITY ON HIS GUITAR.  DANIEL CERTAINLY DELIVERS – HE BRINGS THE TANGO OUT OF THE LEGACY OF THE ‘CLAWS’ OF TRADITION WITH HIS NEW UPBEAT LATIN TEMPO.  SO THEIR DUO VERSIONS FOR GUITAR AND PIANO EVOLVE AS AN INSTRUMENT CLOSEST TO AN ORCHESTRA IN ITSELF. SO, HOW DO CONCIERTOS DESTILADOS MAKE AN ORCHESTRA EMERGE FROM ONE PIANO AND ONE GUITAR ACCESSIBLE TO THE AUDIENCE?

THESE ECLECTIC LATIN MUSICIANS ARE SPONTANEOUS AND COUNTER INTUITIVE AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR WAY THROUGH A BROAD PALETTE OF SOUND.

THE CHAOS OF CREATION IS LED BY A BOISTEROUS MAELSTROM OF PIANO AND GUITAR FRENZY.

THIS IS FOLLOWED BY THEIR  PLAYING HOMAGE TO PERUVIAN DRUM BEATS WITH HARSH DISSONANCES AND RHYTHMIC PULSES.

THEN THE DUO MOVE THROUGH HARMONIOUS GROWTH AS THEIR KEYS AND STRINGS ARE MORE COMPOSED IN A FIESTA OF ROBUSTNESS.

DANIEL ROJAS EXPLAINS THAT RAPHAEL RABELLO
WAS A VIRTUOSO BRAZILIAN 7 STRING GUITARIST AND COMPOSER.  IN THE 1980’S AND 1990’S HE WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST ACOUSTIC PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. THE DUO PLAY A MELODIC PIECE TO COMMEMORATE THE DELICATE AND BRILLIANT RABELLO. HE DIED TRAGICALLY YOUNG AFTER CONTRACTING AIDS FROM RECEIVING A BLOOD TRANSFUSION THAT WAS REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF  A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT THAT LATER LED HIM TO ALCOHOL ABUSE THAT COST HIM HIS LIFE.

RABELLO’S LATIN AMERICAN HEARTBEAT POUNDS AGAINST ANDREW BLANCH’S GUITAR NECK IN THIS MELODIC PIECE WRITTEN BY RABELLO.
MUCHO BRAVO!

CONCIERTOS DESTILADOS PLAYED THE MULLINS STUDIO AT THE JOAN SUTHERLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE ON THE 1ST AND 2ND APRIL 2022H