SOLISTAS

CONTEMPORARY SOLO WORKS FOR LATIN AMERICAN PLUCKED STRINGS

An expanding collection of books and albums bringing together scores, recordings, and performances.

• Featured Performance
• Listen to Book I

Book I features guitar, cuatro, and Colombian tiple. A new volume is currently in development.

FEATURED PERFORMANCE

Tabiuno

A work for solo guitar from the new volume in development.

Performed and recorded by Colombian guitarist César Quevedo, Tabiuno offers the first public glimpse into the next chapter of Solistas.Rooted in Colombian Andean plucked-string traditions, the work expands that language through new timbres, techniques, forms, and harmonies.

César Quevedo, guitar

Watch on César Quevedo’s YouTube channel ↗

ABOUT THE COLLECTION

A Living Collection

Where composition, performance, tradition, and instrumental identity meet.

Solistas develops contemporary solo repertoire for Latin American plucked-string instruments through close collaboration with performers, instrumental traditions, and the distinctive voice of each instrument. The works move between Latin American musical practices and freer contemporary, descriptive, and programmatic approaches.The collection also expands the solo space of instruments such as the cuatro and Colombian tiple, which are often heard within ensembles and accompaniment roles and have a smaller written solo repertoire than instruments such as guitar or piano. Alongside the guitar and future plucked-string voices, Solistas places them at the center of complete concert works.

“Each work explores the inherent character of its instrument while maintaining an honest and distinctive artistic voice.”

Germán Darío Pérez Salazar

Award-winning composer and leading voice in Colombian Andean music

FIND THE PUBLISHED BOOK

Printed score collection · Bogotá, 2017

Available from:

Casa Tomada · Librería Siglo · Separata Librería · Librería de la U · Profitécnicas · Buscalibre US · Tornamesa · Amazon · Mercado Libre Colombia · Mercado Libre México

THE FIRST VOLUME

Book I

Published by Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá in 2017, the first volume brought together eight original solo works, six performers, and three plucked-string instruments.The publication established the foundation of Solistas as both repertoire and performance practice: detailed scores developed in dialogue with instrumental knowledge and realized through individual interpretations.

Listen to Book I

Spotify · Apple Music · Amazon Music · Bandcamp

THE NEXT VOLUME

New Work in Development

Solistas was conceived as a collection capable of growing through new works, instruments, performers, and musical perspectives.A new volume is now in development. Two works for solo guitar are already complete, including Tabiuno. Future works may continue expanding the instrumental scope of the collection while preserving its central idea: creating substantial solo repertoire shaped by the character, history, and possibilities of each instrument.

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PERFORM

Recitals · Lecture-recitals · Reading sessions · Festivals · Performer collaborations

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STUDY

Masterclasses · Workshops · Composition · Notation · Latin American music · Repertoire study

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PARTNER

University programs · Residencies · Commissions · Institutional partnerships · Project support

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Carlos Patino

Composer · Guitarist · Producer

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