''Chigaday'' is an orchestral piece of

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

by the Spanish

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

Gustavo Díaz-Jerez Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (27 February 1970, Tenerife) is a Spanish pianist and composer. Biography Gustavo Díaz-Jerez studied piano with J. A. Rodriguez at the Conservatorio Superior of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and subsequently with Solomon Mikowsky at ...

. ''Chigaday'' refers to a rocky formation in the Canary Island of La Gomera where, according to writer and historian Benito Pérez Armas, in 1488 during the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands, the last islanders who resisted decided to kill themselves before surrendering to the enemy troops. Together with ''

Ymarxa ''Ymarxa'' is an orchestral piece of classical music by the Spanish composer and pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez. ''Ymarxa'' is a guanche word meaning 'new', 'brilliant', 'splendid'. It also referred to a place in Tenerife in what today is La Esperanz ...

'', ''

Ayssuragan ''Ayssuragan'' is a symphonic poem for clarinet in B-flat and orchestra written by the Spanish composer and pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez. ''Ayssuragan'', meaning “the place of freezing” in the extinct language of the Guanches, aborigines of th ...

'', ''

Aranfaybo ''Aranfaybo'' is a work of classical music scored for chamber orchestra written by the Spanish composer and pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez. ''Aranfaybo'' was one of the gods in the mythology of the Bimbaches, aborigines of the island of El Hierro in ...

'', '' Azaenegue'', '' Erbane'' and '' Guanapay'', ''Chigaday'' is part of a cycle of seven orchestral works inspired in different places of each of the Canary Islands. ''Chigaday'' was commissioned by the Fundación Autor and the AEOS (Spanish Association of Symphonic Orchestras) and given its first performance on June 3, 2016, at the Auditorio de Tenerife by the

Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife The Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (OST, "Tenerife Symphony Orchestra") is an orchestra in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra is considered one of the best symphon ...

under maestro Perry So. It was very well received by audience and critics alike. ''Chigaday'' is a one-movement work lasting about 20 minutes, merging elements from

spectralism Spectral music uses the acoustic properties of sound – or sound spectra – as a basis for composition. Definition Defined in technical language, spectral music is an acoustic musical practice where compositional decisions are often informe ...

and algorithmic procedures.

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*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeBY4E8dWXQ Contemporary classical compositions La Gomera {{classical-composition-stub