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Capturing the spirit of tango and vibrato

Juan Sebastian Delgado, cello
Published: 17 October 2017

Excerpt from CBC Radio Ideas with Paul Kennedy.

"There's a purity to music. It takes us into its own world, far removed from frustrations and challenges of daily life. But hidden within those innocent-sounding musical flourishes, there often lies a history of passionate disagreement.

In this episode of Ideas from the Trenches, we feature two musicians from the Schulich School of Music at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University who are deeply immersed in investigating the evolution of their art forms and the conflicts within. Flutist and PhD student  takes us into a controversy known as 'the Vibrato Wars', centring on an all-important 'wobble' in the note that either expresses the human spirit or is "worse than cholera," depending on whom you ask. And cellist  is a recent PhD graduate who searches out the essence of tango in today's challenging 'nuevo tango' music."

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