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I dreamed of this study exactly the same way as I later arranged it, with this enchanting tapestry of strings insinuating itself at the reinstatement of the famous arpeggio. ROLAND DYENS: I always wanted to treat the Sor studies my way, but it was Study No.19 that unleashed this mental process several years ago. What motivated you to add a string quartet to those Sor studies? In the preface to the published score to the Sor arrangements you state that this was a long-term dream of yours. I took this opportunity, at this intense juncture in Roland’s’ life, to ask him a few questions about his motivations and his ideas about the guitar and its future.ĬLASSICAL GUITAR: When I first heard your Sor and Giuliani CD, with the arrangements of Sor studies with added string quartet, there was a magical moment for me when the strings come in and transform the familiar into something new. A ravishing version of several of Fernando Sor’s studies arranged by Dyens for guitar and string quartet has also recently made it into a CD and a published score. These arrangements for solo guitar by Roland will also be published by GSP. A new Dyens CD on the American GSP label (Guitar Solo Publications) is devoted to the music of the Brazilian genius of chôro, Alfredo Da Rocha Vianna Jr, aka ‘Pixinguinha’ (1898-1973). Many styles of guitar music meet in the project, from rock to Gypsy.
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Dyens was chosen by Editions Gallimard Jeunesse to write and interpret the score for this text. For instance, there was the recent publication of La Guitare: Hôtel de la guitare bleue, a CD/book about the guitar for children from four to six years old.
#Roland dyens night and day interview series#
We touched upon his new projects, played guitar in this unusual setting, and he shared the news about a series of new developments in his work. The idea for this interview came about in a conversation with Roland at the Newark Liberty Airport, where I visited with him while he was in transit from the US back to Paris, in October 2008. He has made a name for himself with a host of beautiful pieces and continues to add to this legacy with arrangements of popular music from France, Brazil, and beyond, and with virtuosic versions of jazz standards for solo guitar. Among this current crop of creative artists, one that particularly stands out for his prolific output, quality of music, and communicative powers is Roland Dyens.
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We may actually be in a new Golden Age of guitarist-composers to rival those of the early 19th century, when the likes of Mauro Giuliani, Fernando Sor, and many others roamed the earth. In the guitar world the old tradition of the composer-performer is alive and well, more so than in any other instrumental category of the classical realm. (From the June 2009 cover story of Classical Guitar)