Virtuoso guitarist, educator, and composer Giovanni Piacentini has released a new album titled Orígenes. It tells the story of the Americas through the Spanish introduction of the influential guitar and other stringed instruments to the new world.
Spanish settlers introduced string instruments like guitars and vihuelas when they arrived in America, which in turn gave rise to a series of local musical instruments across the continent such as the Colombian tiple, the Mexican jarana, and the Panamanian mejoranera, to name a few. This combination of American and Spanish cultures is at the heart of Orígenes.
Drawing on the contributions of legendary composers like Manuel M. Ponce, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Astor Piazzolla, Piacentini’s Orígenes contributes a fresh, engaging and masterfully performed perspective to this musical legacy.
Buy Orígenes.
Author: Douglas Sanders
