Because of this I never considered them as concert pieces until I heard Denis Azabagic play Villa Lobos’ Prelude No.
They are technically easy, so they are often performed badly by less advanced players in music school. JP: I am only playing the Valse and Mazurka. So now as a mature player it is fun to see what I can do with it. The piece is linked to my youth because I used to be crazy about György Cziffra’s recording of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies. JP: It’s fun to play because it’s light and I like the czardas rhythm. I have been listening to Beethoven’s piano sonatas for 30 years and I feel the same way about them. The lute suites are part of me, and I feel like they are always new because, like with any of the masterpieces, there are an infinite number of perspectives to take.
JP: I am considering playing the full Suite instead of just the “Prelude and Fugue.” I have played this Suite in recital for 34 years - more than any other work. MT: Please give me your thoughts about each of them. Sometimes great pieces are fighting with the others and simply don’t fit on the program. I also try to select pieces that fit together well.
Judicaël Perroy: It’s difficult, but normally I try to choose pieces that I would like to listen to if I were in the audience. Mike Telin: You have a wonderful program. The following is an edited transcript of our conversation: The concert is presented as part of the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society’s International Series. On Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 pm in Plymouth Church, Perroy will make his Cleveland debut with a concert featuring works by Bach, Sor, Mertz, Villa-Lobos, and Albéniz. So I decided late because I wanted it to be my decision.” “I was kind of a child prodigy and everybody thought that I would become a guitarist. Perroy, who serves on the faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory, said that although he learned to play the guitar early in life, he was always interested in other subjects while he was in school. “I didn’t decide until I was in my twenties,” the French-born guitarist wrote in an email.
The latter piece was first published in 2006, the same year it received its premiere performance.The decision to pursue the path of a professional musician came late for Judicaël Perroy.