Venezuelan Treasures for Piano Volume 2

Federico Ruiz finds constant inspiration in the rich popular and folkloric music of his country, the very thing that first attracted me to his compositions. We met in 1992 and I became acquainted not only with his music, but, through it, discovered the precision and the soft expressiveness of each of the numerous rhythms of Latin America and the Caribbean.

His music is a sophisticated synthesis of Latin American styles that, amongst many other traits, expresses the subtle interface between ‘classical’ and ‘popular’ music of the continent.

The critic of the Independent newspaper, Robert Maycock, described it as: “Irresistible” referring to the dance style of many of the rhythms present there as well as the charm of the music.