LA VARSOVIA
For three double-basses, intervened double-bass and surround electronics
LA VARSOVIA (1999) for 3 double basses intervened double bass and electronic sounds was premiered at Festival del Rojas II – C.C.R.Rojas. The players were Facundo Ordoñez, Sebastián “El Greco”, and Patricio Cotella. The intervened double-bass was an instrument designed by Nicolás Varchausky and built by luthier Pablo Verdi. It consisted of a conga body presented horizontally, with a double bass bridge and double-bass strings and a tuner head on the side of it, and a set of cello strings and bridge on the skin of it. It was mounted on two cymbal stands from two pipe attachments coming out of the side of the conga. One of the sections of the piece requires the player to leave their double-basses and get all three at the same time to play this new instrument.
An excerpt from the beginning of the piece:
An excerpt from the intervened double-bass section:
La Varsovia-intervened double-bass
Credits:
Double-basses: Facundo Ordoñez, Sebastián “El Greco”, and Patricio Cotella.
Luthier: Pablo Verdi.
Premiered during the Festival del Rojas II, at Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, Buenos Aires on October 24th 1999.