Concert for Piano and Violin

DOUBLE CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, PIANO AND ORCHESTRA ("DOUBLE FLAMENCO CONCERTO") is inspired by the virtuoso Roma musicians who perform their typical flamenco music in Spain - says the author. - Here, deep soulfulness, virtuosity, passion, characteristic melodico and metro-rhythmic formulas, strong contrasts and modern harmonic techniques are at the heart of the work's musical form. The piece is in three movements. The multihued texture is apparent in the solo intro to the first movement. Constructed as a classical sonata form, two contrasting themes are heard in the exposition. In addition to typical flamenco intonations, one hears those influenced by jazz and also Bulgarian folk music. The composer also uses a number of rhythmic modulations to create the feeling of changing tempo and dimensions, achieving different contrasts, but in fact the tempo of the whole piece is the same throughout. The pronounced motoric quality of the texture is emphasized by the piano, which, in addition to its virtuosic solo role, also has an accompanimental rhythmic function. The violin part is virtuosic, sparkling and full of passion, just like the art of the violinist Svetlin Roussev, to whom the work is dedicated. The slow contrasting second movement is, in the words of the composer, a romantic and passionate declaration of love. In it, the piano and violin team up as if they were a man and a woman whose mature love transports us into all sorts of life pictures. Despite the strict and clear orchestral texture, the extremely virtuosic parts of the soloists create the feeling of many improvisatory moments. This is a sought-after effect stemming from the composer's great fondness for jazz music. In the toccata third movement the composer seems to wink at us with a smile, about how jazz, flamenco and Bulgarian motifs can coexist melodically, harmonically and metrically, creating a single rigorous and logical organization of the musical material. Virtuosic, fiery and full of humour, the third movement of the concert ends with a cadenza by the soloists, and in the very finale the main theme from the first movement of the work is heard again, and this is the finale of the musical narrative.