SALAO, ALBERT QUESADA & ZOLTÁN VAKULYA

A detailed study of Glenn Gould’s famous interpretation of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. It is based on instructions created in close relationship with the soundtrack and the pianist’s explanations. The musician records the variations, makes mistakes and tries again, discussing his way of playing and recording. In this duet, which offers two new interpretations of the score, the movement both accompanies and directs the music.

After studying Philosophy and Multimedia Engineering, Albert Quesada trained at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels and at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten-MTD in Amsterdam. He has worked with Benjamin Vandewalle and has danced with the company ZOO-Thomas Hauert since 2009. He is currently on tour with Vera Tussing, offering performances of Trilogy, which consists of three short pieces with musical structures, Slow Sports, and Ensemble, his last piece. In his facet as a stage and video creator, he is currently preparing an exploration of how we understand orchestral music.

Choreography Albert Quesada
Adaptation Federica Portello, Mireia de Querol, Petra Söör
Performers Federica Portello, Albert Quesada
Music excerpts from a recording by Glenn Gould of J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations (1955), interview with Glenn Gould about his last recording of the piece (1981)
Video and sound Albert Quesada

Production Albert Quesada
With the collaboration of the National Council for Culture and Arts of Catalonia (CoNCA) and Nadine
Residencies BUDA Kunstencentrum, Centre Cultural de les Corts and Estudi d’Àngels Margarit/cia. Mudances
Sponsored by Cia. Búbulus – Carles Salas / La Caldera