RICARDO GALLARDO
COMPOSER / PERCUSSION
Videos
as composer and performer
Two Vortices and a Ghost
Vortex 1, First movement of Two Vortices and a Ghost, by Ricardo Gallardo.
US premiere of Two Vortices and a Ghost First movement Vortex 1, by Ricardo Gallardo, for piano and percussion quartet. Tambuco Percussion Ensemble Ana Gabriela Fernández, piano Live performance at Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC 2019)
A Ghost, Second movement of Two Vortices and a Ghost, by Ricardo Gallardo. Performed by Ana Gabriela Fernández, piano, and Tambuco Percussion Ensemble. Recorded live at PASIC 2019, Indianapolis, Indiana
Vortex 2, Third movement of Two Vortices and a Ghost, by Ricardo Gallardo.
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US premiere of Two Vortices and a Ghost Third movement Vortex 2, by Ricardo Gallardo, for piano and percussion quartet. Tambuco Percussion Ensemble Ana Gabriela Fernández, piano Live performance at Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC 2019)
Café Jegog
Café Jegog, for gamelan jegog and percussion quartet, by Ricardo Gallardo, this piece features the powerful sonority of the gamelan jegog, a Balinese orchestra of instruments made with bamboo rods of different sizes. Tambuco Percussion Ensemble Gamelan Sekar Sakura Recorded live at the Nagakute Cultural Center, Japan.
Café Jegog (rehearsal)
Café Jegog (performance)
Héctor Infanzón's
Vibraphone Concerto
Ricardo Gallardo performs vibraphone as soloist the world premiere of Héctor Infanzón's Vibraphone Concerto
Recording session of Héctor Infanzón's Vibraphone Concerto
Ricardo Gallardo solo vibraphone. Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra
Four Blooming Violets
World premiere of Four Blooming Violets, for viola quartet, by Ricardo Gallardo. Frida Siegrist, viola 1; Jacinta Balbontín, viola 2; Jonathan Frei, viola 3; Guillermo Luna, viola 4; Four Blooming Violets was commissioned by Diemut Poppen and premiered at Violafest. Zurich, Zwitzerland, October 7, 2021
Bamboo Song
Bamboo Song, for marimba ensemble and female choir Performed by the International Marimba Orchestra, conducted by Ricardo Gallardo Percussive Arts Society International Convention November 11, 2021. Indianapolis, Indiana. Video used with permission from the Percussive Arts Society (PAS).
Study for the Left Hand
Ricardo Gallardo performs
Study for the left hand, by Bartók, Béla, transcribed for marimba by Ricardo Gallardo
La Rêveuse
Excerpt of La Rêveuse, by Marin Marais, transcribed for marimba by Ricardo Gallardo
Mbira Music
Ricardo Gallardo performs on a traditional mbira from the Shona People (Zimbabwe).
Pe-Loc
Ricardo Gallardo performs Pe-Loc, by Béla Bartók, played on Hungarian citera
Ricardo Gallardo Performs Les Barricades Mystérieuses, by François Couperin