I discovered this video a couple of years ago and have been waiting for the right moment to share it—what could be more appropriate than in our series of duos? Paola Requena, from Cartagena, Spain, is not only a player of great technique and exquisite taste, she is also a fine composer who is particularly adept at bringing Spanish flavors to the fore in her music. Indeed, this stirring original waltz, in which she teams up with her cellist sister Marta, appears on Paola’s 2015 album Sabor Español 2 (which translates to English as “Spanish Flavor.” (She was featured previously in a solo Video Pick of the Week in April 2017.)
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