What Are Études, and Why Do Composers Write Them?
An in-depth look at the historical foundations and the compositional development of the étude, and why musicians still use them today!
Filippo Faustini is a guitarist and producer based in London. He graduated in Modern Guitar at the Conservatoire in Frosinone (Italy) and then he completed an MA in Composition for Moving Images at City University (London). He is the guitarist and producer for the London-based alt rock/ambient band, Alice in the Cruel Sea and for the rock act Dead Writers. Filippo composes and produces music for various formats, including video, theatre, and orchestral performance.
An in-depth look at the historical foundations and the compositional development of the étude, and why musicians still use them today!