Oetomo-Etude de Paganini-M

Robert Oetomo took Gary Wain's Paganini Variations (1983–1994) as core inspiration in writing his composition, Étude de Paganini. Oetomo loosely followed the structure of Wain's Paganini Variations, in that there are nine variations following the theme. The nine variations in Étude de Paganini are as follows:

THEME: Introduction – Tempo giusto
VARIATION I – A tempo
VARIATION II – Adagio cantabile con libertá
VARIATION III – Pesante e appassionato
VARIATION IV: Chorale – Grave cantabile e sostenuto
VARIATION V – Sempre ben ritmato
VARIATION VI – Rapido con forza
VARIATION VII – Prestissimo
VARIATION VIII: Moto perpetuo – Allegro con moto
VARIATION IX: Coda – Lento tranquillo e malinconico

In writing Étude de Paganini, Oetomo also wanted to pay homage to specific marimbists (who are also composers) who have made a great impact on the development of the modern marimba and its repertoire; in similar ways in which Paganini did for the violin. In doing so, Robert has written specific variations in the style of those individuals.
-Robert Oetomo

Number of players: 1
Difficulty: Advanced

Instrumentation: Marimba (5 octave)