Roland Dyens

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Name = Roland Dyens


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Born = October 19, 1955
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Origin = Tunisia
Instrument = Guitar
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Genre = Classical
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URL = http://www.rolanddyens.com/
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Roland Dyens (born October 19, 1955 in Tunisia) is a Tunisian-French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.

Dyens studied guitar with the Spanish master guitarist Alberto Ponce and analysis with Désiré Dondeyne. He has won several prizes in competitions for classical guitar performance as well as for composition. Fact|date=April 2008

As a performer, Dyens is known for his extraordinary capacity for improvisation. His guitar music draws on many elements of folk music and jazz, and has become popular with players. "Tango en Skaï" (1985), is by far his best-known piece, but also widely played is the more extended "Libra Sonatine" (1986) written in three movements: "India", "Lento", "Fuoco", composed after Dyens had suffered a heart attack. Skaï is a french slang term for imitation leather, and here references the Gauchos of Argentina and Southern Brazil who are known for their distinctive leather outfits. Hence "Tango en Skaï" is a humorous, gaudy take on the tango.Dyens tours extensively and has performed at many music festivals and held master classes at many locations across Europe, the United States and Asia.

He currently teaches at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he is Professor of Guitar.

elected List of Works

*20 Lettres Pour Guitare Solo
*Aria (guitar quintet)
*Brésils (4 guitars or ensemble)
*Chansons françaises Vol.1 (solo guitar )
*Chansons françaises Vol.1 (solo guitar - tablatures)
*Chansons françaises Vol.2 (solo guitar)
*Citrons doux et le Quatuor Accorde (solo guitar)
*Concertino de Nürtingen (solo guitar & guitar ensemble)
*Concerto en si (solo guitar & guitar ensemble)
*Concerto métis (guitar & piano)
*Concerto métis (solo guitar & string orchestra)
*Concertomaggio (2 guitars and string orchestra)
*Côté Nord (2 guitars)
*Côté Sud (guitar octet - quartet possible)
*Eloge de Léo Brouwer (solo guitar)
*Hamsa (4 guitars or guitar ensemble)
*Hommage à Franck Zappa (solo guitar)
*Hommage à Villa-Lobos (solo guitar)
*L.B. Story (solo guitar)
*Libra Sonatine (solo guitar)
*Lulla by Melissa (solo guitar)
*Mambo des Nuances et Lille Song (solo guitar)
*Mes arrangements à l’amiable (solo guitar)
*Muguet et L’Allusive (solo guitar)
*Rossiniana n°1 d’après Mauro Giuliani (solo guitar & string quartet)
*Rythmaginaires (guitar octet)
*Santo Tirso (solo guitar)
*Songe Capricorne (solo guitar)
*Suite Polymorphe (4 guitars or guitar ensemble)
*Tango en Skaï (solo guitar & string quartet)
*Tango en Skaï (solo guitar)
*Triaela (solo guitar)
*Trois (3) pièces polyglottes - Valse des loges, Flying Wigs & Sols d’Ièze (solo guitar)
*Valse des anges - Angel’s waltz (solo guitar)
*Valse en skaï (solo guitar)
*Variations sur un thème de la "Flûte Enchantée" Mozart/ Sor (4 guitars or guitar ensemble)
*Ville d'Avril (4 guitars or guitar ensemble)
*Ville d'Avril (solo guitar)

External links

* [http://www.rolanddyens.com Official Homepage]

Articles

* [http://www.rolanddyens.com/down.php?type=research&name=roland Jazz Mind and Classical Hands - Roland Dyens and his Style of Arranging and Performing] (2005) by Michelle Birch
* [http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-06222006-145349/ Homage in the Solo Guitar Music of Roland Dyens] Thesis (2006) by Sean Beavers

Interviews

* [http://www.tar.gr/en/content/content/print.php?id=371 An interview with Roland Dyens] by Sofia Mazi (July 2006; Arnea, Halkidiki, Greece)