Duo Ekaterina Uvarova (Russia) and Eduardo Villarroel Mera (Spain)
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Zocherlounge Bloemendaal |
Zocherlaan 1, Bloemendaal |
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The guitar-clarinet duo was created in 2022 by Ekaterina Uvarova (Russia) and Eduardo Villarroel Mera (Spain). Born several thousand kilometres apart, the musicians met in the Netherlands while obtaining their Master's Degree at Fontys University (Tilburg). Inspired by the combination of guitar and clarinet and passionate about music, the duo seeks for unusual colors in sound and performs original repertoire, composed especially for their instruments. Despite the short period, the duo has already performed in several concerts in Tilburg, Helvoirt, and Roermond, where it was greeted by a standing ovation.
The members of the duo are always open to experiments with contemporary music. Thus, due to the collaboration between the guitarist Ekaterina Uvarova and Dutch composer Maurick Reuser was created a piece for guitar and clarinet, and later got 1st prize at the International competition “The Time of the Guitar”. In addition to performing an original repertoire, the duo also makes their own transcriptions of popular music composed for other instruments. |
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Ekaterina Uvarovac |
Ekaterina Uvarova is a new name in a generation of Russian classical guitarists. She obtained her Master’s Degree in The Netherlands with the outstanding professor Johan Fostier at Fontys (Tilburg) with a scholarship supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands and FHK. In 2022 she was admitted to The Royal Conservatoire in the Hague and, in addition to classical guitar education, she started studying Early Music on the lute and theorbo.
Ekaterina is a prize-winner of the Dutch Guitar Foundation Competition (2022) and other 13 international and national competitions. In March 2021 she performed live on the Dutch state radio NPO Radio 4. Also, she had the honour to perform at many prestigious halls such as Muziekgebouw in Eindhoven and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. Ekaterina attended masterclasses with the most important figures of the classical guitar world, such as Leo Brouwer (Cuba), Raphaella Smits (Belgium), Aniello Desiderio (Italy), Stepan Rak (Czech Republic), Carlo Marchione (Italy/The Netherlands), Remi Jousselme (France), Thomas Müller- Pering, (Germany), Otto Tolonen (Finland) and many others. |
Eduardo Villarroel Mera |
Eduardo Villarroel-Mera is a Spanish clarinettist who holds already several degrees in music by his age (25). He began his education at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música Rafael Frühbeck (Burgos) and continued at the Musikene (San Sebastian). Being passionate about jazz, he also completed a Master's degree in Jazz and Modern Music Performance and Composition at the University of La Rioja (Spain).
He is currently finishing his second Master's degree with two outstanding clarinetists in the Netherlands: Eddy Vanoosthuyse (classical clarinet) and Henri Bok (bass clarinet) at Fontys (Tilburg). He participated in professional orchestras, such as the Concertgebouworkest and the Dutch Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, the Opera Zuid in Maastricht, the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra (BOS) and many others. He had masterclasses with famous clarinetists such as Julian Bliss, Carlos Gil, Charles Neidich, Calogero Palermo, Ricardo Morales, Miguel Expósito, Venancio Rius, Harri Mäki, Jesús Serrano, José Franch-Ballester, Philippe Berrod, Luis Gómes and others. |
Programma
- Z. de Abreu (1880-1935) - "Tico-Tico no Fuba" (Choro)
- E. Satie (1866-1925) - Gymnopedie №1
- G. Fortino (1976-) - "Il primo giorno" / "The First day"
- A. Piazzolla (1921-1992) - "Cafe-1930", "Bordel-1900" from the suite "History of Tango"
