Description

Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores asked Tuomas Turriago to write a
piece for a recital in April 2019. The composer tells: "My
half-Colombian soul fell in love with the Venezuelan dance merengue at
once when it was introduced to me and it has been an important
construction material in my music ever since. I decided to combine two
of my favourite rhythms, tango and merengue; hence the name
Tanguerengue. It is one of my happiest compositions and gives an
enormous amount of room for groovy rhythmical play and limitless trumpet
virtuosity."

Instrumentation

trp, pno

Category

Chamber Works

Premiere

Pacho Flores, trumpet, Tuomas Turriago, piano, April 3, 2019, Tampere, Finland

Commisioned by / dedications

Commissioned by Pacho Flores

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