"Handeliana" & "La Memoria de los Ca os" (two pieces for guitar)

"Handeliana" is new guitar piece composed by Ricardo Llorca and commissioned by american guitar player Adam Levin. "Handeliana" was premiered at the Boston Guitar Festival 2012, and subsequently represented the Fundacion Juan March (Madrid), Le Poisson Rouge (New York City), Instituto Cervantes (New York City), International Guitar Competition in Seville, Carnegie Hall (New York City ), The College Music Society in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A CD recording has been edited by the Naxos label in July 2013. "La Memoria de los Caños" (" Memories of Caños" ) is a piece for solo guitar composed by Llorca in 2003 in the coastal town of "Los Caños de Meca" ("The Waters of Mecca") in southern Spain. This piece is the result of Llorca's increasing interest in combining techniques of both Baroque and Spanish traditional music with elements of contemporary music. According to Llorca: "Nowadays there is great confusion about the purpose of contemporary music. Young composers have the dilemma of either continuing the path of experimentation or revert to the conventional wisdom. Some composers are unable to proceed under the same aesthetic auspices that have dominated the music during the last decades. Looking back is perhaps the only way out. Reviewing the past working on the classical concepts (horizontal and vertical) of the music, taking up the notion of expressiveness based on traditional models " USA Premiere: "Ricardo Llorca y la musica de Cataluña" (The Florence Gould Hall-Alliance Francaise, New York Octubre 2004 ) Solista: Tali Roth Spain Premiere: "Ricardo Llorca y la re-invencion del Barroco" Benidorm. Iglesia de San Jaime. 19 de Marzo de 2005 Solista: Alex Garrobe Concierto: "Sounds of Spain: Music for Guitar and Song Cycles by Ricardo Llorca at Reina Sofia NYC" Solista: Giuliano Belotti Queen Sofia Spanish Institute de Nueva York 16 de Octubre de 2009 Concierto: "Sounds of Spain: Music for Guitar and Song Cycles by Ricardo Llorca at the Chicago Cultural Center" Solista: Giuliano Belotti Chicago Cultural Center 18 de Octubre de 2009 "La Memoria de los Caños" has also been performed numerous times by the New York based dance company "Sensedance". Saturday October 31st at 8 PM FUNDACION LATINOAMERICANA PARA LA MÚSICA CONTEMPORANEA y FIESTA IBEROAMERICANA DE LAS ARTES 2009 A Dance Concert with "Sensedance" featuring Ricardo Llorca's music. New York Dance Company "Sensedance" (directed and choreographed by Henning Rübsam) will perform Ricardo Llorca's "Caves / "La Memoria de los Caños" at Gran Teatro Tapia, San Juan ( Puerto Rico ). Saturday October 31st 2009 Nov. 16 & 17: SALON SERIES at The Alvin Ailey Studios A Dance Concert with "Sensedance" featuring Ricardo Llorca's music. 405 West 55 Street, NYC Saturday & Sunday at 7:00pm Nov. 23 & 24: Performances at Peridance Capezio Center A Dance Concert with "Sensedance" featuring Ricardo Llorca's music. 126 East 13th Street, NYC Saturday, 8:30pm & Sunday, 6:00pm