Leo Brouwer
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The Afro-Cuban composer, classical guitarist and conductor we now know as Leo Brouwer was named Juan Leovigildo Brouwer when he came into the world in Havana, Cuba. Maestro Brouwer will be 77 on March 1, 2016. He is featured at AfriClassical.com.
February 16, 2016
Delaware Symphony concert with Brasil Guitar Duo set Feb. 26, 28
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra has
launched a major international recording project that will feature
Brasil Guitar Duo, exceptional Brazilian guitarists João Luiz and
Douglas Lora, performing three concerti for two guitars and orchestra,
including the U.S. premiere of "The Book of Signs" by Cuban composer and
cultural icon Leo Brouwer, plus concerti by noted contemporary
Brazilian composers Paulo Bellinati and Egberto Gismonti.
The recording will be made during
two concerts with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra Friday, Feb. 26 and
Sunday, Feb. 28. It will be produced and distributed internationally by
Naxos, the world’s leading classical music label, known for recording
exciting new repertoire with exceptional talent.
Music Director David Amado will conduct the DSO and Brasil Guitar Duo
in the concerts, titled Fantastic Guitars, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb.
26, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Geipel Center at Sanford
School in Hockessin. Following the guitar concerti, the second half of
the concert will be devoted to the monumental "Symphonie Fantastique" of
Hector Berlioz.
Amado said of the recording, “The opportunity to work with such fine
musicians documenting such interesting, beautiful, and important
repertoire is a rare privilege. I look forward to the process, to the
music-making, and of course, to the successful release of this wonderful
album.”
Amado described this effort as a confluence of cultures and added,
“Leo Brouwer's permission for the U. S. premiere performance and
recording of his 'The Book of Signs' for two guitars and string
orchestra ignited this powerful collaboration, and we are thrilled to be
a part of it, especially at this unprecedented period of thaw between
the U.S. and Cuba. As diplomats smooth the political creases, artists
can smooth the cultural ones.”
In spite of its political isolation, Cuba has been an artistic
powerhouse, and Brouwer has been a primary source of that energy. His
work as a guitarist and a composer has been celebrated around the world.
Amado said, “This is a rare opportunity to document the work of one of
the guitar world’s most important voices in a once-in-a-lifetime
political climate.”
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