Inca Rose Duo

The Inca Rose Duo, comprised of American soprano Annelise Skovmand and Argentine guitarist Pablo Gonzalez Jazey, is dedicated to building cross-cultural understanding through music, bridging the divide between classical and popular music by melding elements from both worlds into new musical expressions. The “song”, marrying text with music, makes up the repertoire of this unique multi-cultural duo with its unique acoustic sound and original arrangements.

Praised for its warm communicative power in concert, the Inca Rose Duo takes audiences on an auditory and emotional journey with diverse programs that include a selection of original interpretations of traditional repertoire for guitar and voice and popular songs from around the world, spanning from English Renaissance songs of John Dowland to today with songs of the Beatles (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) and traditional and contemporary folk songs from the Americas. The unique sound of this pairing combines the spirit and depth of folk and popular songs with a background in classical repertoire and training. The Argentinean poet León Benarós acclaims the Duo’s work in their new CD, Flores Argentinas: Canciones de Ginastera y Guastavino, as “…a delicate and balanced lilt between the traitions of folk and art song, the delivery of this singer (clear and expressive) in an exceptional homage to the musical lyricism of Guastavino.”
Since its formation in 1998, the Inca Rose Duo has been featured in the programming of major music festivals and venues in Argentina and the United States, highlighting performances at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC, Instituto Cervantes and Queens Theatre in the Park in New York, “Guitarras en Concierto” International Guitar Festival, Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco, Salón Dorado de la Legislatura, Teatro Alvear and Centro Cultural Borges in Buenos Aires, among others.
La Nación (Buenos Aires) remarks that the Inca Rose Duo achieves a “musically brilliant atmosphere, in which song and accompaniment are unified into one melodic breath.” Their CD recording Things We Said Tomorrow, featured in a documentary program broadcast throughout Latin America on Canal (á), received critical acclaim for its originality and sound quality.
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REVIEWS “The distinctive aspect of the duo, apart from the arrangements, is its sound, of a delicately classical tone, that condenses a powerful emotionality in their interpretation…[they] achieve a musically dazzling atmosphere , in which song and accompaniment are unified into a single melodic breath.”

--- La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina

“Just as in concert…from the CD [Flores Argentinas] emerges the topnotch ability of both musicians to give new life, adorn and bring an intense beauty to the songs of Alberto Ginastera and Carlos Guastavino.”

--- El Siglo XXI, Tucumán, Argentina

"...a delicate and balanced lilt between the traditions of folk and art song... an exceptional homage to the musical lyricism of Guastavino... has a refinement and restraint that would have pleased Guastavino."

---León Benarós, Poet of "Flores Argentinas"

“…performed with grace and quality…the hands of Pablo and the timbre of Annelise’s voice…radiate pure Beatle magic .”

--- El Siglo XXI, Tucumán, Argentina

“…a purely emotional work that not only exposes the vocal and instrumental technical caliber of these young, yet mature interpreters, it also reveals a sensitivity of extraordinary depth and warmth . Every time I listen to Things We Said Tomorrow I feel as if a cool spring breeze comes through my window to caress my soul.”

---Victor Villadangos, Naxos Artist

“…fine scholars and musicians …”

--- Henrietta Yurchenco, Professor Emeritus in Ethnomusicology, CUNY