The term Duende is used in flamenco to refer to this state of inspiration and supreme perceptiveness, almost magic, which is only reached by the performer in few occasions. It’s also used, in extension, to define a person when someone has a special grace, something difficult to define but that makes him different of the rest.

The use of the word Duende as the title of this collection of symphonic preludes, independently of its poetic significance, is mainly based on the fact that I ...