Research, key to musical training

In the Music program there is the UDECARTE research group that has developed successful research processes, such as the project: “Alfredo Diez Nieto (Cuba) and Blas Emilio Atheortúa (Colombia) solo work for violin and guitar” research that highlights and analyzes Latin American music.

“The researchers at UCundinamarca are occupying a prominent place within the research and musical creation groups in the areas of music and musicology,” says Professor León Salcedo, co-investigator of this project.

In this way, and with triumphant projects such as the one mentioned above, selected through an internal call by the Research Directorate, this exploration has made it possible to study, disseminate and propose critical interpretations of the solo music for violin and guitar of these Latin American composers of the 20th century, Diez Nieto and Atheortúa.

It is worth mentioning that this project, which has been led by researcher Tatiana Perilla and co-researcher Maestro León Salcedo, has so far generated great academic and artistic interpretations, presentations at scientific events, degree projects and even the publication of an article in the academic journal Boletín Música Casa de las Américas, a medium that covers musical topics from all over Ibero-America.

The project will conclude next November with a grand concert and the recording of an album as the final product. It is worth mentioning that, as part of the research work, six students from the training program have also participated, three violinists and three guitarists.

It is worth noting that this research work is linked to MEDIT with the translocality it proposes, with the dissemination of an intangible Latin American heritage - precisely of these two great composers as researchers and artists who make known the music composed on the continent, folkloric and conceived in the territory.”.

Finally, it is relevant to point out that the Music program has four other research projects that are currently being developed in conjunction with the National University of Colombia.

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