Metamorfósis
Commissioned by Pablo Gomez with funds provided by Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes.
Premiered in May 2000 at Sala Simon Bolivar in London by Pablo Gómez.
In Metamorfósis for solo guitar, Paredes shows no preoccupation for instrumental experimentation and focuses on the construction of a consistent, organic structure based on traditional means of tonal production in the six-stringed instrument. The result is a carefully thought-out, yet highly expressive work, which continuously unfolds through the constant transformation of a basic intervallic material. The piece is an excellent example of how the composer’s marvellous melodic and harmonic and harmonic invention is both fuelled and controlled by the masterful command of her technical knowledge.
– Alejandro Madrid