As part of the 48th J. K. Mertz Guitar Festival in Bratislava on the 24th of June, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. a world premiere of Jacek Rabiński's Sextet "Iguaçu" for flute, guitar and string quartet will take place. The performers will be: Polish guitarist Marek Nosal, Veronika Vitázková and the Mucha quartet.
The sextet "Iguaçu", which was created in 1998, consists of three parts: Allegro moderato, Lento, Presto. As the composer working in Berlin emphasizes,
"the piece is in what I call Absolute Tonality and is based on the sounds of Aeolian A minor. Duration: approx. 13'. I added the title "Iguaçu" later after playing the guitar part to a friend who associated my music with the famous Iguaçu Falls, located between Argentina and Brazil. I dedicated the piece to the flautist Shelly Kupferberg, with whom I made a lot of music at the time, playing both my own and foreign compositions, as well as improvising a lot. Shelly currently works as a freelance editor and presenter for Deutschland Kulturfunk and hosts daily live radio broadcasts. Apart from semi-amateur performances at home, the work has not been officially premiered so far."
Additional information: https://www.jkmertz.com/en/koncert/premieres
