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The Barocco Guitar Duet is made up of Michel Borgne and Claudio Glave, who both teach at the Conservatoire de l'Ouest Vaudois. The duet has existed for several years and regularly performs in various European countries. Although it specializes in baroque compositions, its music spans the breadth of the guitar repertoire.
Michel Borgne
After studying music in France, Franco-Swiss guitarist Michel Borgne was admitted to the Geneva Conservatory, where he trained under Maria Livia Sao Marcos and was awarded first prize for virtuosity. In spite of his teaching career, he has a keen taste for eclecticism in the Arts, particularly in composition. He has given solo concerts, appeared in different duet formations, and performed with orchestras in Switzerland, France and Germany. He also makes recordings for the radio.
Michel Borgne studied composition in Lyon and Geneva. Among others, he created «Musique de ballet» for the Lyon Opera. During the same period he authored a film score, and more recently has composed «12 valses pour guitare solo» and «Polarités». He has collaborated with Louis Sclavis in a contemporary ensemble, and has participated in various meetings and workshops with composers such as Dusan Bogdanovic, Leo Brouwer and Pierre Boulez (ircam).
The creation of the Barocco Guitar Duet sparked from the desire to give more space to original compositions, and to set off on a musical adventure open to all forms of creation.
Claudio Glave
Claudio Glave studied classical guitar in Switzerland at the Lausanne Conservatory, and in France at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, under Javier Quevedo. This encounter was determining as much for his technique as for his approach to music. He has participated in various master classes, notably with Léo Brouwer and Miguel Cherubito. Claudio Glave currently teaches at the Conservatoire de l'Est Vaudois. He performs solo as well in duets.
Polarités
(Work in progress)
A series of five independent yet compatible and inseparable pieces, each of which proposes an original idea. The order between the pieces is interchangeable, according to the interpreters' whims.
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DARKNESS, |
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SHADOWS AND LIGHTS, |
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INITIALES à la FETE FORAINE |
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SHARK DARK, |
| 5. | La BROYEUSE. |
These pieces represent a surrealist journey within a protean, shifting space, soothing at times, at others tense, rigid, mechanical, urban. Clashing tensions search for balance and lyricism, the key turns on itself and polarities reverse.
The composition was created by a guitarist for two guitars, a perfect constellation allowing for a greater homogeneity and volume, and giving both composer and interpreters an abundance of possibilities.
The compositional technique, based on sequential, ostinato, recurring motives, does not refer to any fixed conventional system. Rather it allows for a rhapsodic and improvisational freedom.
This work saw the day with the creation of the Barocco Guitar Duet, allowing it to broaden its horizons and share them with the audience.
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