Time After Yesterday Vol. 1 – Gervasio Tarragona Valli

The first volume of ‘Time after yesterday’ reunites some of the most interesting contemporary musical pieces for unaccompanied clarinet from the 20th & 21st centuries, commemorating 100 years of the creation of the first and most influential work for solo clarinet of the modern era: Stravinsky’s ‘Three pieces’ for solo clarinet.

Gervasio Tarragona Valli: Gervasio has appeared as soloist with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, Busan Philharmonic, Banda Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, Bogotá Chamber Orchestra, Mozart Orchestra Cali, Adriatic Chamber Orchestra, Chieri Sinfonietta, Orchestre Buissonnier, Orquesta Sinfónica de Neuquén, Orquesta Sinfónica Provincial de Bahía Blanca, Russische Kammerphilharmonie St. Petersburg, Hamburg Concertante Orchestra, Camerata Académica de Buenos Aires, Camerata de Montevideo, Montevideo Philharmonic and the National Orchestra of Uruguay. Born in 1989 in Montevideo to a family of musicians, from early age he played with his father and brother diverse genres of South American music, becoming later a member of the ‘Montevideo Swing’ Jazz Band and the Tango Orchestra ‘Destaoriya’ conducted by Grammy-awarded bandoneonist Raúl Jaurena. He continues to explore genres like tango, latin jazz, bossa nova, flamenco, arabic music and other styles with his brother Martín (guitarist) and the polish beatboxer Crobbs; he has recently collaborated with pianist Hugo Fattoruso. He studied in the music universities of Basel (Prof. François Benda), Geneva (Prof. Romain Guyot), Weimar (Prof. Thorsten Johanns) and Saarbrücken (Prof. Shirley Brill). He has recently been one of the semi finalists of the 73rd Geneva International Music Competition. He was awarded first prizes at Tokyo International Music Competition, Saverio Mercadante Competition, Concorso Internazionale di Carlino, Audi Mozart Competition, Città di Chieri Winds Competition and Chalumeaux International Clarinet Competition; second prizes at the Dimitri Ashkenazy Clarinet Competition and the Japan International Woodwinds Competition; and the third prize and BG France Prize at the ClassicWinds International Music Competition in Hamburg. He has also won the third prize at the Toulouse International Clarinet and Saxophone Competition. He was finalist of the Osaka Chamber Music Competition as a member of ‘Wabi Sabi Trio’. He collaborated within different orchestras as Auckland Philharmonia (New Zealand), Biel/Solothurn Sinfonieorchester (Switzerland), and Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (Japan). He was also a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. He has worked with conductors and soloists Sir Neville Marriner, Christian Arming, Daniel Harding, Claus Peter Flor, Dmitri Kitajenko, Tao Fan, Thomas Clamor, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Nemanja Radulovic, Ilya Gringolts, Philippe Quint, Jens Lindemann, Alice Sara Ott, Michael Collins, Lise de La Salle, Paul Meyer, Peter Rösel, Lucas Debargue, Giovanni Bellucci. He was invited to give master classes at the Universidad Nacional (Panama), Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Nacional, Universidad de Nariño, Conservatorio de Bellas Artes de Cali and Universidad de Caldas (Colombia), Conservatorio Nacional (Perú), Conservatorio Superior de Neuquén, Conservatorio de Bahía Blanca (Argentina), Instituto Superior de Artes (Cuba), Istituto Artemusica (Italy), Mie Prefecture High School (Japan), National University of Uruguay. As a composer, he has been given the golden award at the “Oskar Rieding Composing Competition” in Slovenia and the National Prize of Music in Uruguay. His pieces are published by DaVinci Publishing – Osaka. His debut Album CD ‘Alone & Together’ with pianist Javier Bezzato has been used for the soundtrack for the film ‘Belmonte’ (Federico Veiroj), premiered in Toronto and San Sebastian Film Festivals.