Puglisi | Veenendaal Piano Duo

Van Veenendaal | Puglisi Piano Duo
Albert van Veenendaal: piano | Fabrizo Puglisi: piano

De pianisten Fabrizio Puglisi en Albert van Veenendaal ontmoetten elkaar in het najaar van 2003 tijdens de openingsavond van het European TryTone Festival. Nadat ze een verrassend en krachtig openingsconcert hadden gespeeld, wisten ze zonder enige twijfel: een nieuw duo is geboren! Hoewel hun muzikale achtergrond verschillend is, vertoont hun aanpak veel overeenkomsten. Hierbij gaan improvisatie en compositie hand in hand, worden nieuwe ideeën tijdens improvisaties razendsnel opgepikt en uitgewerkt. En: hoe vrij de benadering van hun (zelfgeschreven) repertoire ook is, door hun ijzersterke vormgevoel, intuïtie en ‘groove’ blijft hun optreden boeiend tot de laatste minuut.

Duets for prepared, unprepared & toy pianos
The title leaves no doubt and the pianists make good use of their range of instruments. The music is playful, rhythmical and danceable. It is remarkable, however, that Van Veenendaal and Puglisi don’t get in each other’s way – usually this is quiet a risk with two pianos. They both have a spacious way of playing that leaves room to breathe and helps avoiding too many note-accumulations. Composers like Satie en Cage were probably great influences on both of them. After all Cage introduced the gamelan sound of the prepared piano and the dreamy Gazz (one of Van Veenendaal’s compositions) would be unheard of without the Frenchman’s oeuvre.

English:

The two pianists Fabrizio Puglisi and Albert van Veenendaal met in late 2003 during the opening of the European TryTone Festival. They played a surprising and powerful opening concert together and knew then and there that a new duo was born! Despite their different musical background they share a similar approach. Improvisation and composition go hand in hand, new ideas that derive from improvisation are picked up on and elaborated at high speed. Regardless of how freely they approach their (self written) repertoire their sense of form, intuition and groove remain captivating throughout the entire performance.

Duets for prepared, unprepared & toy pianos
The title leaves no doubt and the pianists make good use of their range of instruments. The music is playful, rhythmical and danceable. It is remarkable, however, that Van Veenendaal and Puglisi don’t get in each other’s way – usually this is quiet a risk with two pianos. They both have a spacious way of playing that leaves room to breathe and helps avoiding too many note-accumulations. Composers like Satie en Cage were probably great influences on both of them. After all Cage introduced the gamelan sound of the prepared piano and the dreamy Gazz (one of Van Veenendaal’s compositions) would be unheard of without the Frenchman’s oeuvre.

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