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LA REVOLUCIÓN SERÁ CON CUMBIAS O NO SERÁ (2015)

volada for orchestra based on a song by Chico Trujillo and a grafiti outside my house

performers: Julian Kuerti (conductor), Universidad de Concepción Symphony Orchestra

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there's actually only a couple of the contemporary-classical pieces i wrote from 2009 to 2016 that i keep online-- this is my preferred one. it translates roughly to "REVOLUTION WILL BE WITH CUMBIAS OR WILL NOT BE", which was written in a wall near my parents' place. honestly revolution as a concept has never really left my imaginary; either revolution, the end of the world, the fall of patriarchy, these big abstract events always end up returning to my music. i don't really have much faith in them though, so it's a bit cynical, but that's the way things are, and particularly in this country we know that so well.

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anyways i basically composed it thinking of two clashing sonic worlds: 20-21th century-inspired contemporary classical music, and cumbia (which is a popular dance music in latin-america), and playing around with how these two imaginaries could intertwine and share musical elements and parameters to each other. for the cumbia part, i quoted the song "Loca" by chilean band Chico Trujillo. at the end i also quoted "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" by Sergio Ortega, on an ending that -alongside the lights fading out that i indicated for that part- gets really emotional i think. i have known of people tearing, and remember someone whistling to the melody on the premiere. there's something there that speaks to the core of our history and that is hard to wrap around in words.

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after writing this piece i wrote a following 20-or-so minutes long orchestral piece and i sent it to a couple of places to test my luck, but never got a new performing opportunity for that or any of my other pieces. it's sad to see your ideas set to score and not even being able to hear them. so i said that's that, i will try something else. that's when i started learning production so i wouldn't have to depend on other people and institutions to make it sound.

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anyways here's a cute cat i found

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