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17.11.2025 Martín Pinillos Sáenz, 1/2 Tono: "Araspel es el tercer álbum de la aclamada pianista Laura Farré Rozada donde demuestra la capacidad casi camaleónica de reinventarse...  Laura Farré Rozada demuestra a través de este disco que la complejidad técnica y la expresividad, no solo pueden, sino que deben ir de la mano para explorar nuevas cotas artísticas. Con Araspel, tercer CD dentro de su ya completo catálogo, la pianista visita compositores menos difundidos junto al canónico Debussy, eliminando cualquier jerarquía implícita y ampliando el mapa sonoro contemporáneo. Gracias a discos como Araspel nuestros auditorios, equipos de sonido o plataformas de streaming suman un color más en el caleidoscopio musical que, cada día, se vuelve más complejo y a su vez más apasionante. [Araspel is the third album by acclaimed pianist Laura Farré Rozada, where she demonstrates her almost chameleon-like ability to reinvent herself. With this album, Laura Farré Rozada proves that technical complexity and expressiveness not only can, but must, go hand in hand to explore new artistic heights. In Araspel, the third CD in her already extensive catalog, the pianist revisits lesser-known composers alongside the canonical Debussy, eliminating any implicit hierarchy and expanding the contemporary soundscape. Thanks to albums like Araspel, our concert halls, sound systems, and streaming platforms add another color to the musical kaleidoscope that grows more complex and, at the same time, more captivating every day.]"

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07.11.2025 Javier Losilla, El Periódico de Aragón: "Laura Farré Rozada es matemática y pianista, y una lumbrera en ambas especialidades. 'Araspel' (Edicions Albert Moraleda), leyenda, en armenio, es su tercer álbum, y en él se adentra en el universo de los compositores armenios, ya fallecidos prácticamente todos ellos, tanto en el sendero de la música clásica como en el del folclore. Una singular interpretación, alejada del canon, de 'Pour le piano', de Debussy, y una extraordinaria pieza de encargo, firmada por Ofer Ben-Amots, muy apropiadamente titulada 'The Butterfly Effect' (el efecto mariposa es un concepto de la Teoría del Caos) completan el repertorio. Todo el álbum es una delicia (debo destacar, además de las mencionadas, las escrituras de Gayane Chebotarian, Tatev Amiryan y Alan Hovhaness), pero no solo por la calidad de la música: Laura Farré aborda las piezas de tal forma que las voces de piano ofrecen nuevas y sugerentes perspectivas de las partituras. 'Araspel', tiene su base en Armenia, sí, pero su altura trasciende latitudes. Lo de la mariposa, vaya: pulsa una tecla en el Cáucaso y suena una canción en los Campos Elíseos. Excelente. [Laura Farré Rozada is a mathematician and pianist, and a luminary in both fields. 'Araspel' (Edicions Albert Moraleda), meaning legend in Armenian, is her third album, in which she delves into the universe of Armenian composers, almost all of whom are now deceased, exploring both classical and folk music. A unique, unconventional interpretation of Debussy's 'Pour le piano' and an extraordinary commissioned piece by Ofer Ben-Amots, aptly titled 'The Butterfly Effect' (the butterfly effect being a concept from Chaos Theory), complete the repertoire. The entire album is a delight (I must highlight, in addition to those already mentioned, the writing of Gayane Chebotarian, Tatev Amiryan, and Alan Hovhaness), but not only for the quality of the music: Laura Farré approaches the pieces in such a way that the piano voices offer new and evocative perspectives on the scores. 'Araspel' is based in Armenia, yes, but its scope transcends latitudes. The butterfly metaphor: press a key in the Caucasus and a song plays on the Champs-Élysées. Excellent.]

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31.10.2025 Meritxell Tena, Núvol-Castafiore: "La pianista i matemàtica presenta 'Araspel', una magnètica descoberta del patrimoni musical armeni... el seu tercer CD, centrat en l’herència musical d’Armènia, un poble històricament maltractat pel genocidi, la diàspora i la indiferència del món davant tanta violència. Les sonoritats d’arrel tradicional, el vincle del pare de la música armènia -el pioner de l’etnomusicologia i compositor Komitas– amb Debussy, la influència de la música litúrgica i la defensa del repertori contemporani (Farré Rozada ha encarregat una obra inspirada en les matemàtiques al compositor Ofer Ben-Amots) es troben en una història de supervivència i de recerca de la identitat. [The pianist and mathematician presents 'Araspel', a magnetic discovery of Armenian musical heritage... her third CD, focused on the musical heritage of Armenia, a people historically mistreated by genocide, diaspora and the world's indifference to so much violence. The traditional sonorities, the link between the father of Armenian music - the pioneer of ethnomusicology and composer Komitas - and Debussy, the influence of liturgical music and the defense of contemporary repertoire (Farré Rozada has commissioned a work inspired by mathematics from the composer Ofer Ben-Amots) are found in a story of survival and the search for identity.]"

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23.10.2025 Dr Caroline Potter, scholar: "Enjoying Laura Farré Rozada's 'Araspel' (Armenian: Legend), especially Alexei Stanchinsky's Sonata in E flat minor (wow), Ofer Ben-Amots' Butterfly Effect and (because I'm in unusually sentimental mood) Komitas' I am a Girl."

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19.10.2025 Rihards Plešanovs, Latvian pianist (Latvian Radio 3 "Klasika" show "Ear of the Orpheus"): "Ben-Amots' work has a really interesting and colorful texture. I was waiting for those explosions to be performed in a more pronounced way, but it was done really gently. However this composition made the listening of this whole album somehow easier, and as a pianist I easier reached the message of the album... Tatev Amiryan's composition "Wingless" is very fresh, and when performed by Laura sounds natural and appealing... I feel it how Laura calculates the music she plays, I feel her pulsing along with it... On her webpage one can also enrich their knowledge – the list of composers she's encountered and the repertoire is really interesting. There is a small amount of mainstream authors and a lot of appealing music. The word "accuracy" that George Crumb used really suits Laura's approach."

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19.10.2025 Aleksandra Line, Latvian music manager, poet, journalist (Latvian Radio 3 "Klasika" show "Ear of the Orpheus"): "Laura has absolutely done a significant work of a musicologist – we can see this album as an encyclopaedic achievement."

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19.10.2025 Orests Silabriedis, Latvian musicologist, journalist, concert hall art director (Latvian Radio 3 "Klasika" show "Ear of the Orpheus"): "Sometimes it seems to me that Laura's mathematical side dominates over the musical one, but it seems like Laura has a balanced view of the world and as harmonically as possible talks about the ways how we can make the world a bit more meaningful with what we do... Gayane Chebotarian's work touched me a lot, and it seems that when performing her compositions Laura grew tiny wings, too... I would definitely advise the listener pay attention to the composers at least for the sake of encyclopaedic knowledge. We don't encounter such a non-traditional approach and wide interest towards the world around us very often... Laura actually keeps whirling a very active music in a very combative mood, and I guess that probably her idea was being a drill of sorts that crushes something we have to get rid of. Probably this is the effect she desired to achieve, and in my case definitely achieved it."

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05.10.2025 Pablo J. Vayón, Diario de Sevilla: "Farré Rozada explica el origen del disco [Araspel] con la precisión de quien ha trabajado con datos y números y con la emoción de quien se ha dejado atravesar por una cultura... [Farré Rozada explains the origin of the album [Araspel] with the precision of someone who has worked with data and numbers, and with the emotion of someone who has been deeply affected by a culture...]"