Don Juan

The story behind

Don Juan sounds like a hurried sigh between the beat and the fan of a bandoneon. It's not just the rhythm that tangles in the listener's fingers, but the way the violin and piano challenge each other without losing the two-four time. The piece advances with an urgency that seems to slip from one's grasp, as if each note were measuring the exact moment to avoid falling into obvious repetition. There's something in that tension between the classical and the improvised that makes you feel, upon listening, as if you're facing a dialogue where no one wants to yield.