The great spanish violinist Fernando Palatín (1852–1927), contemporary to Sarasate, composed virtuosic pieces for his instrument, collected in this modern recording.

Palatín’s compositional style, despite its own character was influenced by other works and composers and therefore we find a certain eclecticism in his work. There is no doubt that these pieces for violin are written with the intention to display the instrument either for its lyricism or to show its acrobatic possibilities. But this does not affect the musical beauty of his compositions because when he makes the violin sing he writes melodies of precious and original workmanship. In the same manner, the virtuosic pieces are not exempt from artistic interest.

Rafael Muñoz-Torrero is violin professor at Conservatorio Superior de Música “Manuel Castillo” de Sevilla since 2018. Born in Seville (Spain), he studied at Conservatorio Superior de Música “Manuel Castillo” with J.M. Garcia Belmonte. He also received advice from Tamara Bektemirova and Sergei Teslia. Later he moved to the Conservatorium van Amsterdam to study with Keiko Wataya (awarded at Paganini competition and student of Joseph Szigeti, Sándor Végh and Christian Ferras) for four years on a scholarship from JONDE and the Ministry of Culture. Since 2013 he holds a Master in interpretation and musical research receiving violin lessons from Ilya Grubert at the VIU. He holds a PhD in Music in 2017 from the Polytechnic University of Valencia for his research about Fernando Palatín.

Musician of a solid academic training, Julio Moguer studied at some of the most prestigious European conservatories like Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid (where he was awarded the “Honours Prize”), Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Holland) and Hochschule für Musik Köln (Germany) with professors Javier R. Van-Baumberghen, Anselmo I. de la Campa, Jan Marisse Huizing, Stanley Hoogland (fortepiano) and renowned French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.