Corde Vocale (2005) for string quartet
Prisma (2006) for violin and piano
Tran(slate) (2008) for string quartet
Postcard (2008) for violin and clarinet
Sonare (2021) for string quartet
Archi Elastici (2014) for string quintet
Tran(slate) (2008) version for string quartet and live electronics

Felipe Lara’s Chamber Works for Strings redefines the ensemble as a resonating body, where strings become vocal cords and bows breathe sound into existence. In Corde Vocale and Tran(slate), the quartet is not a polite conversation but a raw, elemental force – organic, urgent, and monstrous. Sonare unfolds in processional waves, while Archi elastici stretches time to its breaking point, embodying breath itself. With Postcard and Prisma, Lara explores dialogue and divergence. Across these works, the voice – literal and metaphorical – becomes motion, tension, and transformation, revealing music as a vital, restless energy in perpetual evolution.