Trece tientos

Jorge Robaina

Once trece, based on the Novaro Natural Music System, continues to research openly after the composition of Cinco estudios para piano, especially as relates to the use of harmonic scales and chord inversions. They were composed from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s and were dedicated to pianist and musicologist Esperanza Pulido. The first ten were released by Esperanza Pulido in Mexico in 1956 and published by Ricordi Americana in 1963. The last two tientos were composed in October and December 1970 and were published in the magazine Heterofonía with accompanying analyses by Emiliana de Zubeldía. The name "tiento" refers to Novaro's system, a new conception of music that tried to test and attempt new sounds. 

Recording date

14 to 18 September 2020.

Performer

Jorge Robaina

He was born in Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, where he began his musical studies. At 15, he moved to Vienna to complete his training at the State Conservatory. He won several music competitions, such as the Pegasus prize, the Bosendorfer grant in Vienna, the Coleman in Santiago de Compostela, Musical Youth in Spain, and twice the prize for best accompanying pianist from the Jacinto Guerrero Foundation. As a soloist he has collaborated with the Asturias Symphony Orchestra, the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, the City of Oviedo Symphony Orchestra, the Córdoba Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Spain, the RTVE Orchestra, the Polish RTV Orchestra, the Murcia Region Orchestra, the Hungarian Chamber Orchestra, and the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, among others.

He won the Ritmo magazine award for his album of piano music by Guridi and Padre Donostia. His second solo album focused on the work of Spanish composers from the second republic. He made the first world recordings of Falcón-Sanabria's Concierto para piano, Carmelo Bernaola's Nostálgico para piano y orquesta, and, together with Marta Zabaleta, the Concierto para dos pianos y gran orquesta by Ángel Martín Pompey. He is currently a Professor of Vocal Repertoire at the Escuela Superior de Canto in Madrid, also teaching courses in singing elsewhere in Spain and the United States.