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The passionate “Last Round” by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov was directly inspired by Astor Piazzolla. In Golijov’s own words: “I composed Last Round (the title comes from a short story by Julio Cortázar about boxing) as an imaginary chance for Piazzolla’s spirit to fight one more time. The piece is conceived as an idealized accordion. It has two movements: the first represents the act of a violent compression of the instrument and the second a final endless sigh. But Last Round is also a sublime tango dance. Two quartets face each other, separated by the focal double bass, with violins and violas standing as in traditional tango orchestras. The bows fly through the air in a crisscrossing choreography, always attracting and repelling each other, always with the danger of crashing into each other, always avoiding it by the immutability that can only be achieved when hot passion is transformed into pure precision. ????Violins @alejandroaldanaviolin @rodolfolota @amandaviolino @leonardobock @matthorpe @sungeunchoviolinist @andreacamposviolin ????Violas @gabriel.squizzato @bruno.deluna @violistaclara ????Cello @heloisatmeirelles @jinjoo.doh Robert Suetholz ????Double bass @gadelhabasso ????Direction @alejandroaldanaviolin @matthorpe ????Production @shandaolandoski ????Communication and Audiovisual @abrahamthemexicanguy ????Audio Mixing and Mastering @brunohaller