Duo Andaluz Guitare Violon

Duo Andaluz - guitare & violon at Espace culturel du Vieux Lyon

At Espace culturel du Vieux Lyon, we are proud to open our stage to Duo Andaluz - guitare & violon, a performance conceived for listeners who crave nuance as much as intensity. In the heart of the Old Town, our intimate room amplifies the dialogue between bow and strings, letting the violin’s singing line and the guitar’s warm resonance bloom naturally in the space. From our vantage point as a venue dedicated to adventurous acoustic programs, this concert embodies what we champion: craftsmanship, cultural memory, and the thrill of live conversation between artists and audience. Duo Andaluz brings an elegant fusion of classical virtuosity and Andalusian color, inviting you into a sound world shaped by palos of flamenco, Iberian lyricism, and Mediterranean light. Expect a concert arc that breathes—quiet, filigreed moments of tremolo and sul tasto giving way to rhythmic fireworks, percussive rasgueados, and violin arabesques that ride the guitar’s pulse. The room’s stone and wood will do what they do best here: cradle each overtone, catch each whisper of bow hair, and turn every gesture into a living presence.

Artistic momentum and repertoire

This season, Duo Andaluz sharpen their artistic profile with a program that balances original arrangements and signature pieces drawn from Spanish and Andalusian traditions. Crafted specifically for the intimacy of venues like ours, their set is built around a fluid conversation between composed material and improvisatory flair. You may hear emblematic pages reimagined for violin and guitar—titles such as Asturias (Leyenda), Capricho Árabe, Sevilla, Granada, and Recuerdos de la Alhambra, shaped with idiomatic bowings and luminous harmonics. The duo’s violinist weaves cantabile lines that linger, while the guitarist articulates compás with subtle golpe and luminous arpeggios, allowing rhythmic cells of alegrías, soleá, and bulerías to surface organically. Spanish modernists also find their place here: the crackling drive of Danza ritual del fuego, or the tender melancholy of La vida breve, emerging in textures that honor the originals while embracing the duo’s voice. Rather than presenting a museum recital, Duo Andaluz leans into the living pulse of this repertoire—micro-rubati that feel like breath, timbral shifts that move from velvet to flame, and spontaneous exchanges that keep every cadence alive. Their current tour foregrounds this evolving language, with freshly honed cadenzas, new interludes, and coda passages designed to let our hall’s acoustics carry the final note into the hush.

From our perspective at Espace culturel du Vieux Lyon, the experience is as much architectural as musical: the duo’s palette unveils the room’s hidden corners, the dry snap of a pizzicato traveling cleanly to the back rows while warm guitar basses bloom under the arches. We shape the evening to let the sound exceed the score—natural dynamics, no unnecessary amplification, and a stage layout that puts interplay at the center. Listeners can expect a graceful dramaturgy: energetic Andalusian dances set against nocturnal pages, intimate cante-like passages answered by violin glissandi that catch the light like tiles on a courtyard wall. Between selections, Duo Andaluz often shares concise insights into the origins of a palo or the journey of an arrangement, inviting you closer to the craft without breaking the spell. In this setting, their ornaments feel conversational, their silences eloquent. Whether a tremolo thread hangs in the air after Recuerdos de la Alhambra or a final rasgueado propels a bulería into a burst of applause, the encounter here becomes personal—artist to listener, instrument to space, present moment to centuries of tradition. We look forward to welcoming you to this meeting of place and sound, where the music’s Andalusian heat meets the cool stone of Vieux Lyon and leaves a trace that lingers long after the last cadence.