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Bassist and composer Simón García was born in Mugardos (Spain) in 1977 and graduated in double bass from the Conservatorio Superior of Salamanca. He has worked as a double bassist in the Royal Orchestra of Galicia, having also performed in many orchestras throughout Spain, and is the bassist in the Symphony Wind Orchestra of A. Coruna. He has collaborated with many musicians and ensembles, particularly in the field of contemporary music, and has recorded and performed on many commercial recordings and for television and radio broadcasts.
Simón has composed more than sixty works for double bass, ranging from one to twelve players, alongside transcriptions of these pieces for various chamber ensembles. His music has been performed in Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay, Denmark, Spain, Japan, Italy, Austria, Germany, Canada, USA, and UK by The Bass Gang, Bass Instinct, and Il Quint-etto amongst others.
The Stranger is a jazz-infused work, aimed at the enthusiastic intermediate Double Bass Quartet, which has instant player and audience appeal.
Der Fremde (The Stranger) was…
The Stranger is a jazz-infused work, aimed at the enthusiastic intermediate Double Bass Quartet, which has instant player and audience appeal.
Der Fremde (The Stranger) was composed for ‘Bass Instinct’ and exists in versions for Double Bass Quartet or Double Bass, Sextet. The music is lively and jazzy with a strong rhythm section (bass 4) underpinning the whole and with possibilities for basses 3 and 4 to improvise. The other basses give the impression of a saxophone choir, working in rhythmic unison and creating great lyrical and syncopated melodic interest.
The UK premiere of the sextet version was at Bass-Fest 2013 on 4 August 2013 at the Silk Mill (Frome, Somerset) by Dan Styffe, David Heyes, Eloise Riddell, Josie Jobbins, Simon Garcia and Ben Groenevelt.
