Frano Kakarigi: Triptych for Three for double bass trio

About the Composition

Triptych for Three is a colorful and invention three-movement work for the adventurous intermediate bass trio. Each movement inhabits its own vibrant and animated sound world, utilizing the entire range of the double bass in music which challenges and confronts different moods and emotions.

There are solo opportunities for each bassist in music which is lively and animated and with a strong and confident message to convey.

The edition includes a score and three bass parts.

"When I was asked to write a piece in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Recital Music, almost immediately came to me an idea to write something inspired by a great Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas, more precisely, by his famous "Quattro Pezzi" for double bass and piano.

The present double bass trio could be understood as my homage to Quattro Pezzi, sort of a vision for double bass trio through the virtuosic and humorous spirit of that remarkable composer. All this as a gift to Recital Music and its alma mater David Heyes, celebrating the anniversary and the incredible contribution to printed music for double bass of the highest quality." [Frano Kakarigi, May 2025]

About the Composer

Frano Kakarigi was born in Dubrovnik (Croatia) in 1959, graduated from the University of Zagreb Conservatory of Music and continued his studies at École Nórmale de Musique in Paris and the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor. His principal teachers were Josip Novosel and Stuart Sankey.

As an orchestral musician Frano has been Principal Bass in Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Flint Symphony Orchestra, Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Gran Teatre de Liceu in Barcelona and the City Orchestra of Granada, where he held this post from 1991 until the retirement in 2024.

As a soloist he has played on numerous occasions in duo with piano and also accompanied by orchestra. Self-taught as a composer, he began to compose in 2000 and since then has written more than 40 works mainly for the double bass, but also chamber music, opera, music for ballet, incidental music, choral and vocal music. Since 1999 he has both Croatian and Spanish citizenship.