Duo Andaluz Guitare Violon

Duo Andaluz guitare-violon at Espace culturel du Vieux Lyon

At Espace culturel du Vieux Lyon, we are delighted to welcome Duo Andaluz guitare-violon for an evening that celebrates the vivid dialogue between strings and soul, rhythm and resonance. From our stage in the heart of the Old Lyon district, this concert invites listeners into a close, living conversation where the guitar’s percussive bite and velvet tremolo meet the violin’s luminous cantabile. The duo’s interplay is as much about breath and silence as it is about speed and fire: the snap of rasgueado answered by a soaring line, a whispering harmonic met by a warm legato phrase. In our intimate setting, every nuance—the grain of the bow, the shimmer of harmonics, the subtle push and pull of compás—reaches the audience with clarity. The repertoire the duo champions evokes the sunlit colors of the Iberian world and the wider Mediterranean, shaped by folk memory and classical refinement. Our hall is designed for such encounters, where music is not only heard but felt at arm’s length, and where the performers can shape the air of the room with precision and spontaneity.

Artistic momentum and the program’s spirit

Hosting this performance also allows us to spotlight the duo’s ongoing artistic momentum. This season, their work continues to expand in scope, with newly crafted arrangements that bring contemporary perspective to time-honored idioms and with performances that highlight how guitar and violin can carry both dance and song without words. Rather than restating familiar readings, Duo Andaluz guitare-violon seeks fresh pathways—leaning into color, counterpoint, and improvisatory freedom that honors tradition while inviting surprise. The two artists have been refining a program that embraces the dramatic energy of rhythmic forms alongside lyrical meditations, letting each piece breathe at its own pace. Their recent engagements and workshops across cultural venues have demonstrated a dedication to sharing process as well as result: how a phrase is shaped, how a groove is internalized, how a melody is shaded from dusk to dawn. The result, when presented in concert, is a set that moves with narrative flow—intimate vignettes unfolding into kinetic dance, then back to stillness—so that listeners encounter not a sequence of showpieces but a living arc of sound.

For our team at Espace culturel du Vieux Lyon, this date is an opportunity to frame the duo’s craft with the kind of attention that heightens detail: a stage plot that privileges natural projection, lighting that follows the music’s contours rather than overwhelming it, and an acoustic that lets the guitar’s inner voices and the violin’s timbral shifts remain fully present from the first row to the back. We value the way this program connects Lyon’s historic stones to southern horizons, carrying echoes of plazas, patios, and late-night salons into our room. Expect intimacy rather than excess, articulation rather than amplification; expect tempos that breathe, sudden sparks of rhythmic tension, and the deep release of cadence. Above all, expect a sense of proximity—two musicians listening intently to each other and to the room, shaping the evening in real time. It is precisely this kind of handcrafted performance that our audience cherishes: an encounter where technique serves storytelling, tradition meets the moment, and the city’s old quarter becomes a resonant chamber for a music that feels both rooted and alive.