Duo Vela


The Duo Vela is a musical duo consisting of sisters Eulàlia Vela López and Ester Vela López. The sisters are known for their classical piano performances and have recorded three albums.

Career

They obtained advanced diplomas in solfeggio, piano and chamber music at the Barcelona Superior Conservatoire. Since their debut as a duo in 1988 they have performed in several towns throughout Spain, remarking their performance at the Palau de la Música Catalana, and also at the EPTA Congress for Music for two Pianos in Namur, Belgium. In the summer of 1999 they've performed Spanish music in Philippines, in the PBS Concert Hall in Cebu and in the Cervantes Institute of Manila.

Awards

They have won several prizes for piano, for composition and for chamber music.

Repertory

Their repertory ranges from baroque to contemporary music, and they have given first performances of important Spanish composers like J. Mª Mestres Quadreny; Mª R. Ribas, M. Ros, X. Boliart, D.M. González de la Rubia, Mercè Torrents, Anna Bofill, Consuelo Colomer, Delfin Colomé, F. Wort, A. Guinovart, A.O. Sabater and F. Taverna-Bech.
The sisters have been awarded grants by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Spanish Ministry of Culture, the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture and the AIE, Interprets and Executants Association.

Recordings

In 2004 they released the CD 21st Century Contemporary Music.
In 2008 they released the CD Dances.
In 2009 they released the CD Concierto fémina clásica'09 in support of the International Day Against Gender Violence, live recording at Centro Cultural Nicolás Salmerón, Madrid on October 28, 2009.
They have also taken part in recordings with the composer Josep Mª Mestres-Quadreny, and with the composer Mercè Torrents. They have recorded for radio with Radio Nacional-4, Radio Nacional-2, COM-Radio and Catalunya Música and for Canal 33 and BTV-Barcelona Television.