Ecaleras. One of my piano pieces.
1st edition of piano pieces. Cover design by F. Barceló Blanco-Steger I've always felt comfortable writing piano music. Since it was my instrument, as a teenager, I composed my first easy piano pieces, guided only by my instinct without having any knowledge of composition techniques. Years later, studying at the Higher Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, I had the honor to participate in a concert tribute to the Spanish composer Antón García-Abril. It was a really excited experience that I will never forget, it was my first assignment as a composer. Composing a piece as a homage is complicated, the obvious question is: how should I raise the tribute? The most obvious answer may be to compose a piece that includes a musical quote. This has been done countless times and is very useful if you know how to do it in an interesting way, but there are also more options such as reworking material or composing a piece based only on the character of his music. In my case, after...