Hesperia was the name which the ancient Greeks used to refers to the Iberian Peninsula, considered in those times the most western land known to them. However, for me the word Hesperia suggests not a concrete geographic place, but a much more complete concept: the result of the fusion of the cultures that have developed in the western Mediterranean and that mainly includes the Iberian tradition and the Arab influence. Indeed, this is the characteristic that unifies the collection of four pieces for piano that I present in this edition. |
