Funeral y Fiesta (2024), for woodwind quintet
 In many cultures, funerals are moments steeped in sadness due to the departure of a loved one from the earthly realm. This loss causes profound unease among those who were close, because of the absence left by that person.
 However, many philosophies and religions uphold the belief in life after death, whether in a higher spiritual realm or through reincarnation. In this way, death is not perceived as an entirely negative event. Although the absence of the loved one is felt, there is also the joy of knowing that this person will enter a new plane, and that in the future, we will be able to reunite with them and with all those who have left this world.
 This work reflects, on the one hand, a funeral, laden with dissonances and sonic textures that symbolize the emotional conflicts that arise on such occasions. However, after this funeral, we move to a celebration, where, although the tonality remains minor, still representing the sadness of the loss, we find ourselves in a different atmosphere, full of dance and movement, which leads us to a new stage in that loss. The dissonant textures fade, giving way to clearer and simpler textures, suggesting that the loss is not entirely negative, and that after the sadness of the funeral, the horizon appears clear.
 Note: The work Abismo, for solo oboe, may be included as a first movement of this piece; in that case, the work should appear in the program as: Abismo, Funeral y Fiesta.