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LU2
TONALIS

LU2-TONALIS

DAVID PONS GRAU, SAXOPHONES

MANUEL JESÚS CORBACHO, PIANO

The saxophone and piano duet was formed while David and Manuel were studying at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música in Madrid in 2007. From the very beginning, they took on a demanding repertoire, with both originals and instrumental adaptations. The duet has had a busy concert schedule from the start, including performances in the main theatres in Madrid, such as the main theatre in the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid. They have also played live on the classical radio channel of RNE and Euro Radio. They participated in the presentation of the CD ALMA and in the presentation for the brand D’addario in the II European Saxophone Congress, which took place in Oporto in 2017.

The group Lu-2 Tonalis has won prizes for the Best Contemporary Music group and the Premio Liceo Gestión Cultural from the “Miguel Ángel Colmenero Foundation”, Accésit in the II Concurso de Música de Cámara de Cofrentes (2017) and First Prize in the International Chamber Music Competition “Antón García Abril” (2017) which promotes they to play in “VII Festival of classic music” in Huéscar, “Fórum Internacional de Alto rendimiento Musical del Sud de Europa” and International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada (FEX).

CD LU2-TONALIS

When we made the decision to undertake this project, we sought to express our essence as a Duo. The interpretative energy, chamber dynamics and exploration of the technical limits of the repertoire are aspects that we consider define ‘Lu2 Tonalis’.

This CD, released in 2019, has been the result of a great joint effort. Into it, we have poured our work, our talent and our energy. We have been driven by the intention of offering quality interpretations, embodying our personal stamp. We trust that listening will produce at least part of the happiness that makes us ‘drunk’ when we make music.

Addressing the original Creston, Denisov, Hindemith and Albright piano and saxophone Sonates, as well as Thierry Escaich’s first recording on saxophone and piano reduction of Le Chant des Ténèbres concert. The repertoire in this record project summarizes the influences that 20th-century music has exerted on classical writing, covering a wide range of styles, interpretive models, and musical challenges, from Hindemith’s neoclassical sobriety to Escaich’s heartbreaking despair; likewise, the works allow them to show their own expressiveness and identity.

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Exceptional, really. Very balanced: brilliant technique, interpretation with a lot of personality and outside of some canons. Great, you have to create. And Manuel Jesús Corbacho is spectacular. The merger is explosive. Spectacular. My most sincere congratulations. (José Vicente Català Benedito. Saxophonist)

José Vicente Catalá Benedito

What makes me fall in love is communication as a duo, musical and timbre tuning. I find it spectacular. (Walter Geromett. Saxophonist).

Walter Geromet

Saxofonista

Congratulations again. It’s fantastic. Glad to hear your own version of Hindemith and Creston: it’s much more intimate than we’ve heard. Very good contribution and very interesting. Bravo for the rest. The pianist plays a fantastic role. Albright is excellent. It has been a pleasure to hear it, really. For many more like this! (Pedro Pablo Cámara Toldos. Saxophonist)

Pedro Pablo Cámara Toldos

I want to offer my sincere congratulations for your excellent work on the CD, incredible interpretation, incredible mastery, Incredible balance (sax / pno), Incredible repertoire… Bravo! (Joao Pedro Silva. Saxophonist)

Joao Pedro Silva

You are one, you can’t say more. It is an absolutely impressive level, with reference recordings. I am amazed at your classic elegance (“classic” as something very good, not conservative). Albright is simply a dream. It is what is on paper, pure magic. I never thought the play could sound that real. Both the recording and the score moved me. It seems like the best thing I’ve heard in a long time so a thousand thanks for this jewel. (Hache Costa. Composer and musical producer)

Hache Costa

Compositor y productor musical

I fell very mature versions, of great technical and artistic quality. Very good sound and very tuned. A solid album where an artist who knows what he wants is perceived. (Tomás Jerez. Saxophonist)

Tomás Jerez

Saxofonista

Your CD is incredible. You are both extraordinary. Congratulations. Give it the widest possible spread. (Angel Luís Quintana. Cello soloist of National Orchestra of Spain)

Ángel Luís Quintana

Magnificent Cd. Very brilliant program with a lot of fantasy and professionalism. I’m going to introduce it to my conservatory students. (Claude Delangle. Saxophone Teacher at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris)

Claude Delangle

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