New Chilean airs for oboe. José Luis Urquieta Plaza

Abstract

Among the artistic surprises of 2020, the album Nuevos aires chilenos para oboe stands out, which features the collaboration of seven talented Chilean musicians: six composers and the virtuoso oboist José Luis Urquieta Plaza. In the presentation of the album, Urquieta expresses that this project was born from his concern to expand the repertoire for solo oboe, which led him to navigate through diverse origins and aesthetic searches. Urquieta's impeccable technical and interpretive quality, added to the good taste of the composers, who successfully manage to achieve the perfect balance between traditional oboistic elements and extended technique, impress from the first to the last note. And despite the fact that this type of productions are scarce on this side of the world, there is no doubt that they are essential to make visible the potential of the new generations of Latin American musicians, and to have an important reference in the training of new oboists.