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Leo Brouwer

Background information
Birth name Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida
Born March 1, 1939 (1939-03-01) (age 69)
Flag of Cuba Havana, Cuba
Genre(s) Folkloric, Aleatoric, Atonal
Occupation(s) Composer, Classical guitarist
Years active 1968-
Label(s) Egrem

Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida (born March 1, 1939) in Havana, is a Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Aleatoric music (also aleatory music or chance music; from the Latin word alea, meaning " Dice " is Music Atonality in its broadest sense describes Music that lacks a tonal center, or key. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance This article is a list of classical guitarists. For a complete list see the Category classical guitarists. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures

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Biography

As a child, Brouwer received his initial stimulus from his father, a physician, who was an aficionado of Villa-Lobos, Tárrega and Granados. Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5 1887 &ndash November 17 1959 was a Brazilian Composer, possibly the best-known classical composer born in South America Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea, (21 November 1852 — 15 December 1909 was an influential Spanish Composer and guitarist. Pantaléon Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campiña (27 July 1867 &ndash 24 March 1916 was a Spanish pianist and Composer of classical music. He initiated his son encouraging him to play these composers' works, mostly by ear.

Young Brouwer received his first formal guitar instruction from the noted Cuban guitar master Isaac Nicola[1] (1916-1998?), in turn a disciple of Emilio Pujol. Emilio (Emili Pujol Vilarrubi (1886-1980 was a composer and the leading twentieth century Musicologist and Classical guitar teacher Afterwards, Brouwer went to the United States to study music at the Hartt College of Music of the University of Hartford, and later at the Juilliard School, where he studied under Vincent Persichetti and took composition classes with Stefan Wolpe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The Hartt School is a school of performing arts located in West Hartford Connecticut, primarily providing postsecondary programs in music dance and theatre The University of Hartford, often called UHA or UHart, was founded in 1877 and is a private independent and nonsectarian The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. Vincent Ludwig Persichetti ( June 6, 1915 &ndash August 14, 1987) was an American Composer, teacher and Pianist. Stefan Wolpe ( August 25, 1902 &ndash April 4, 1972) was a German -born Composer.

Brouwer's early works show the influence of Cuban folk music, but during the 1960s and 70s, he became interested in the music of modernist composers such as Luigi Nono and Iannis Xenakis, using indeterminacy in works such as Sonograma I. Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Luigi Nono ( January 29, 1924 – May 8, 1990) was an Italian Avant-garde Composer of Classical music Iannis Xenakis (Ιάννης Ξενάκης (May 29 1922 - February 4 2001 was a Greek modernist composer musical theoretician and architect Aleatoric music (also aleatory music or chance music; from the Latin word alea, meaning " Dice " is Music Other works from this period include the guitar pieces Canticum (1968), La espiral eterna (1971), Parábola (1973) and Tarantos (1974). More recently, Brouwer's works have started leaning towards tonality and modality. Tonality is a system of Music in which specific hierarchical pitch relationships are based on a key "center" or tonic. In Music, a scale is an ordered series of Musical intervals which along with the key or tonic, define the pitches However mode The solo guitar works El Decamerón Negro (1981) the Sonata (1990; for Julian Bream) and Paisaje cubano con campanas (1996) exemplify this tendency. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Julian Bream OBE (born July 15, 1933) is an internationally celebrated British guitarist and Lutenist widely recognized Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)

Brouwer has held a number of official posts in Cuba, including the directorship of the Cinema Institute of Cuba's music department. Among his works are a large number of solo guitar pieces, several guitar concertos and over forty film scores. The term Concerto (plural concertos or concerti) usually refers to a three part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an Orchestra Leo Brouwer is involved in the "Concurso y Festival Internacional de Guitarra de la Habana" (International Guitar Festival of the Havana). He travels freely to attend guitar festivals throughout the world, and especially to other latin American countries, where his presence is always welcome. A festival is an event usually and ordinarily staged by a local community which centers on some unique aspect of that community

Guitar Concertos

* Double concerto for violin and guitar ** Double concerto for two guitars

Solo Guitar Works

Trivia

The sixth of his Etudes Simples was quoted by heavy metal guitarist Randy Rhoads (when he was working with Ozzy Osbourne) as the introduction to the song "Diary of a Madman". Randall William "Randy" Rhoads ( December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American Heavy metal Guitarist John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Diary of a Madman is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on November 7, 1981, and re-issued on August 22, 1995 He composed the sound track music for the celebrated Mexican movie Como Agua Para Chocolate (1992)[2]. This is an article about the novel For the article on the 1992 film see Like Water for Chocolate (film. He composed the orchestral score for Vicente Amigo's flamenco album, Poeta. Vicente Amigo Girol (born 1967 is a Spanish Flamenco composer and Virtuoso Guitarist, born in Guadalcanal, near Seville.

References

  1. ^ Article on Isaac Nicola in the Spanish Wikipedia
  2. ^ IMDb movie credits - Leo Brouwer as author of Original Music

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Recordings

Films

Videos

Articles

Interviews

Bibliography

Biography

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