Orchestra
Home, Run Away from Me
20 minutes
(2,2,2,2 2,2,1,0 Timp. 2 Perc., Solo Soprano, Solo Tenor, and strings)
Home, Run Away from Me fuses poetry from Venezuela, Palestine, and Somalia into a global orchestral song cycle that explores the universal themes of migration, displacement, and the fragility of the idea of home.
Polo Romanesco
8 minutes
(2,2,2,2 4,2,2,0 Timp. 2 Perc. Harp, Piano and strings)
Polo Romanesco is a postmodern reimagining of the 16th-century Romanesca progression, tracing its historical journey from Renaissance Europe to the folk traditions of Eastern Venezuela to bridge the gap between the old world and the new.
Concerto for Piano, Strings and Percussion
20 minutes
Solo Piano, String Orchestra, 3 Percussion
The Piano Concerto is a vibrant translation of Carlos Cruz-Diez’s kinetic art into sound. The piece explores the intersection of optical theory and Venezuelan identity, culminating in a powerful tribute to the millions of citizens in diaspora.
Dark Earth: Anthropogenic Amazon
15 minutes
2,2,2,2 2,2,1,0 3perc. Hp. Strings
Dark Earth explores the Amazon not as a pristine wilderness but as a landscape profoundly shaped by humans. The work brings together folk traditions of the Amazon into a multi-faceted look at people's interactions with this vital environment.
Vestida de mar (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra)
22 minutes
2222 3210 timp, 2 perc. hp. str.)
A Violin Concerto that creates a panoramic journey across the bodies of water that surround the American continent. Traveling from the Atlantic’s darkly restless depths, the Pacific’s ancient mysteries, and the Caribbean’s vibrant, cross-cultural dance.
Siempre Lunes, Siempre Marzo
13 minutes
(3332/4331/timp,perc[3]/hp/pf/str)
Siempre Lunes, Siempre Marzo is a magical realist symphonic poem set in the mythical Macondo. It is inspired by One Hundred Years of Solitude, and captures the shimmering wonder of the first encounter with ice and the obsessive rhythms of the Buendía family.