Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens ws recognized both as one of the most prominent classical guitarists of his generation and as an important composer and arranger of music for the guitar. He was distinguished from most of his rivals by his deft improvisatory skills. His music is quite accessible, often employing folk sources and jazz styles woven into a colorful fabric always suited to the unique sounds of the guitar. Dyens' 1985 piece Tango en Skaï is probably his most popular, though Valse en skaï and Libra Sonatine have also enjoyed currency. Virtually all of Dyens' works involve the guitar: some are solo pieces, while others use several guitars or a combination of instruments (guitar and piano; guitar and string quartet, etc.), while others still use orchestral accompaniment. As a performer, Dyens' repertory was broad, taking in standards by Rodrigo, Sor, Moreno Torroba, Mangoré, and Brouwer. He also performed a number of his own transcriptions of works by Chopin, Villa-Lobos, Satie, and Weiss, as well as compositions he fashioned after themes by Mozart, Rossini, Brouwer, and others. Dyens recorded for Gha Records, Atma Classique, Naïve-Auvidis, and L'empreinte Digitale.
Roland Dyens was born in Tunisia on October 19, 1955. He began studying guitar at nine and at 13 became a student of guitar virtuoso Alberto Ponce. At the Paris-based Concert de l'Ecole Normale de Musique, Dyens studied both guitar and composition, the latter with Désiré Dondeyne.
Dyens won prizes at several guitar competitions, including at the 1979 International Competition Città di Alessandria in Italy. The aforementioned Tango en Skaï helped establish his reputation as a composer in the 1980s, but at the same time his performance skills were broadly celebrated: in 1988 the French music magazine Guitarist included him on the list of the world's top 100 living guitarists.
Dyens received a Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros for one of his earliest recordings, the Villa-Lobos Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra, issued on the Naïve-Auvidis. Throughout the 1990s and first decade of the 2000s Dyens garnered wide acclaim for his concert tours across the globe and for his recordings. In 2007 he composed on commission a performance piece for the prestigious competition of the Guitar Foundation of America, and the following year he was honored at the Città di Fiuggi Guitar Festival in Rome. Among Dyens' recordings is the 2008 release on Gha of pieces by Rodrigo, Brouwer, Buxtehude, and others.
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Guitar Recital: Raphaël Feuillâtre
Roland Dyens, Michel Grizard, Antoine Fougeray, Raphaël Feuillâtre
Classical - Released by Naxos on 14 Jun 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Chansons françaises (Paris guitare)
Pop - Released by L'empreinte Digitale on 6 Nov 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Guitar
Roland Dyens, Paulo Bellinati, Baltazar Benitez, Rupert Boyd
Classical - Released by Sono Luminus on 26 Apr 2019
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Villa-Lobos: Concerto pour guitare et petit orchestre et Suite brésielienne
Roland Dyens, Jean-Walter Audoli, Ensemble instrumental Jean-Walter Audoli
Classical - Released by naïve classique on 1 Jan 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chansons Françaises - Volume 1 (Roland Dyens, guitare)
Classical - Released by L'empreinte digitale on 25 Jul 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chansons Françaises - Volume 2 (Roland Dyens, guitare)
Classical - Released by L'empreinte digitale on 3 Sep 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sor & Giuliani: Works for Guitar
Roland Dyens, Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc
Classical - Released by ATMA Classique on 1 May 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Concertos pour guitare (Joaquin Rodrigo - Roland Dyens)
Classical - Released by L'empreinte digitale on 3 Sep 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Œuvres pour guitare
Classical - Released by L'empreinte digitale on 3 Sep 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
per suonare a due - New Music for Two Guitars
Classical - Released by BGS Records on 15 Jun 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo