Publisher's number: 25882
Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Guitar
Scoring: gtr
Remarks: Performance Note:
The notated breaths are of fundamental importance. They should be observed scrupulously, resisting any temptation to shorten them.



Program Note:
"According to the writer Jorge Luis Borges, the idea of the Zahir comes from the Islamic tradition and is believed to have originated around the eighteenth century. In Arabic, zahir means visible, present, impossible to overlook. It is something—or someone—that, once encountered, gradually comes to occupy our thoughts until we are no longer able to concentrate on anything else. Such a condition may be regarded as either sanctity or madness."
— Paulo Coelho, The Zahir
The work draws its inspiration freely from the idea of the Zahir. A state of inner balance is gradually disturbed by an obsessive presence that slowly takes hold of the music. At first, this presence is almost imperceptible, a slight alteration that quietly enters the musical texture. It develops like an embryo taking shape beneath the surface, gradually permeating every gesture and every sound. As it grows, the initial sense of balance slowly begins to dissolve, until the obsessive presence ultimately occupies the entire musical landscape in the final measures.
Duration: 5'00"
Number of players: 1
Year of composition: 2024
Status: not yet digitized (expected delivery time 14 days)