ZLATKO KAUČIČ & AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ

Linhart Hall, 5 July 2014

One of the festival’s highlights was the appearance by Slovenian percussionist Zlatko Kaučič and Spanish pianist Agustí Fernández. After a long series of pianists, the evening featured one who excels at the radically original technique of playing and consequently a new sound that only the piano can produce.

Namely, Fernández would vigorously assail the instrument’s innards, “pulling at” and striking its strings. Thus manipulated, the piano sounded like an overwhelming percussive instrument with an incredible array of bell-like as well as loud, resounding sound clusters. His delivery was perfectly fitted to the musical texture of his partner, the percussionist Kaučič who orchestrated a veritable symphony of colourful sounds and chimes on his set of “ground drums” (we also heard the amplified humming of the zither). In a harmonious interaction, the two masters tuned in to each other to create an animated yet intricately patterned sonic amalgam.

Mario Batelić


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Photo Nada Žgank