Clarinet concert - Dilalia Duo

Biography of the group

Dilalia Duo is a chamber music ensemble made up of the clarinettists Silvia Cantó Gómez and Irene García Sevillano. Founded in Brussels in 2023, The group's aim is to explore contemporary repertoire written for the instrument. Its members, having obtained a Master's degree in clarinet performance at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels and studied at various conservatoires in Spain, are now pursuing their artistic careers and developing their professional careers in Belgium.

The duo focuses on the repertoires of 20th and 21st centuries, This artistic commitment has led them to take part in competitions such as the "Festival de la Musique de Paris". This artistic commitment has led them to take part in competitions such as the Antón García Abril International Chamber Music Competition and perform at venues such as the Brussels Museum of Musical Instruments, among others, where they shared their vision of new forms of expression.

In addition, as an emerging group, they complete their training in clarinet and bass clarinet technique and interpretation with renowned teachers such as Bart Bouckaert, Benjamin Dieltjens and Anne Op de Beeck.

Programme and timing

Intuitions (1933) | Adnan Saygun (for two clarinets in B flat)

Sonata for two clarinets (1918) | Francis Poulenc (for clarinet in B flat and clarinet in A)

Ten duets (selection) (2012) | Philippe Hersant (for two clarinets in B flat)

Scenes from contemporary life (2012) | Guillaume Connesson (for two B-flat clarinets and bass clarinet)

Axiom (2009) | Michel Lysight (for B flat clarinet and bass clarinet)

Programme notes

SENSITIVE MECHANICS

Sensitive mechanics takes as its starting point a very topical paradox: that of the contemporary performer, called upon to be precise while remaining human.
Two clarinets on stage are two bodies breathing, moving and constantly adjusting to each other. Between them appears a kind of invisible machine made of pulsation, synchronicity and shared energy. The music is born precisely in this tension: when precision does not erase fragility, but on the contrary makes it visible.

The programme brings together works by composers from a wide variety of backgrounds. Turkey, France and Belgium - and charts a course spanning almost a century of musical creation, from the early twentieth century to the present day. Despite this distance in time, all the pieces pay particular attention to rhythm, the energy of movement and the direct relationship between the performers.

Together, they complement each other, showing different ways of combining rigour and vitality: the two main sides of an organic, flexible mechanism.

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(During the concert, we'll give a few explanations about the works and composers).