Francesco Zago - The Other Side (2019)

The world of contemporary classical music and the world of electric guitar have always been distant, at least until recently. But the distance of two worlds cannot and must not preclude the possibility of respective knowledge and union. Precisely on this point some guitarists, pioneers in their own way, have become ambassadors together with as many composers in bringing these two realities into each other. It is from this point that the latest work by Francesco Zago, electric guitar and Elena Talarico, pianoforte, moves in facing and solving this difficult task of giving form and unity to the compositions of important contemporary composers such as De Simone, Laganella, Manega, Colombo Taccani, Tüür and not least Whitley. What emerges from the listening shows how this often feared encounter is instead extremely desirable so the respective sounds can be accompanied and enriched with one another. In fact, each composition comes to represent a possible solution in its own right, without ever giving up the form and use of the language of contemporary music.