The Italian première of Mauricio Sotelo’s Urrutiko urdin will be performed by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi (cond. José Ramon Encinar) on 10 October at the Biennale di Venezia. Sotelo dedicated the orchestral piece to the orchestra, who premièred it in 2013.

The composer on Urrutiko urdin:

Urrutiko urdin – azul de lontananza or “Distant Blue” – is a vibrant sonic landscape and a frame for remembrance composed for and dedicated to the Orquestra Sinfónica de Euskadi. The Spanish name lontananza (borrowed from Italian) uses pictorial language to describe the zone farthest away from the foreground. Blue, the fifth colour of the solar spectrum, is also an adjective for the hue of cloudless sky and the sea; it also stands for space and distance.

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Mauricio Sotelo: Urrutiko urdin
for orchestra | 7'
national prem. 10.10.2014, Teatro alle Tese, Venice; Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, cond. José Ramon Encinar