Atardecer en Villa Elisa for clarinete and piano, by Viviana Danon
- Gabriel Blasberg
- Oct 28
- 2 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
In a previous post on this blog I wrote about the Zamba for clarinete and piano by the Argentine composer Viviana Danon. Now, I want to present another beautiful composition of his authorship, entitled "Atardecer en Villa Elisa" (Sunset in Villa Elisa) also for clarinet and piano. Both works were composed in 2022 to premiere at a concert at the 5th Latin American Congress of Clarinetists, organized by Clariperu Latin America.
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Let's see what the composer says about Atardecer en Villa Elisa for clarinet and piano:
"A few years ago, a friend of mine who lived in the province of Córdoba asked me to send him a "sound image" of where I live (Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires Province) because he was having vision problems.
At that moment, the first part of this melody emerged, inspired by the calm of a summer sunset. I then decided to complete it, taking it to a characteristic A B A form. At this stage, there was significant collaboration with Gabriel Blasberg, who contributed a wealth of creativity to the composition of the piece, serving the clarinet's qualities in terms of register, timbre, and expressive potential.".
About the composer:
Viviana Danon began her studies at an early age at the "Manuel de Falla" Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from where she graduated as a Professor of Musical Culture with a specialization in Piano.
At the same time, she was a member of the Children's Choir of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires for six years, receiving basic training in singing there.
She studied piano with the teachers Perla Brúgola and Haydée Schwartz, and singing with the teachers Patricia Lerner and María Pía Girolla.
He has taught at the initial, primary, secondary and tertiary levels, also dedicating himself to choral conducting. She is the founder and conductor of the Coro Azahares de Villa Elisa and the Children's Choir "Voces del amanecer" in whose repertoire they perform arrangements of their own authorship.
As a composer and performer, she has released three albums with works of her own, "Renaciendo" in 2005, "Continuidad" in 2011 and her latest work, "Pianissimo" in 2016.
In 2005 she received the “Fondo Nacional de las Artes” award in the Tango category for his work “Tango para Silvia”. In 2022 she has premiered two works for clarinet and piano at the V Latin American Congress of Clarinetists.
Today she works as a teacher and teaching assistant at the "José Hernández" School of Traditional Argentine Dances as a member of the Criolla Orchestra of said Institution and as conductor of the Azahares Choir of Villa Elisa and continues her activity as a composer, producing her new record "Kairos ” which will soon be released.
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