MiamiNewTimes.com: [F]amed Cuban composer and conductor Leo Brouwer...wrote a piece, “Canticum,” specifically for [Carlos] Molina

The Miami Guitar Orchestra

(Photo Courtesy of the MCGS)

Carlos Molina and Leo Brouwer in 1976, on the way to the World Guitar Festival in Martinique.

(Photo Courtesy of the Miami Classical Guitar Society)

The Afro-Cuban composer, classical guitarist and conductor
Leo Brouwer will be 77 on March 1, 2016. He is featured at AfriClassical.com.

Miami New Times

The Miami Classical Guitar Society Brings the World's Best Guitarists to the 305

By Abel Folgar

Thursday, February 25, 2016

“The classical guitar of today is not only classical any more. You can find numerous interpreters and composers who go beyond the limits of what you may call normal music and acquire the most avant-garde techniques of interpretation,” says Carlos Molina.

Molina was born in Havana and is the founder of the Cuban School of Guitar. Graduating from the National Conservatory in Cuba, he began performing in 1969 while earning a law degree from the University of Havana. In 1970, he won first prize at the National Guitar Competition in Cuba. He then embarked on his first tour of Europe.

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Molina also has a distinguished relationship with famed Cuban composer and conductor Leo Brouwer, who wrote a piece, “Canticum,” specifically for Molina.

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The Molina Duo at the Miami International GuitArt Festival. 4 p.m. Friday, February 26, at FIU’s Wertheim Performing Arts Center, 10910 SW 17th St., Miami. Tickets cost from $5 to $20 via migf.org. 

Comment by email:

Thank you very much, dearest William!  All the best, Isa  [Isabelle Hernandez, office of Leo Brouwer]