Leo Brouwer is an Afro-Cuban composer, guitarist, conductor and music director who was born March 1, 1939 and is featured at AfriClassical.com
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Leo Brouwer
Composer,
guitarist and music director, Leo Brouwer was born in Havana, Cuba in
1939. He studied with Isaac Nicola, Pujol's pupil and specialising in
composition, completed his studies at the Julliard School of Music and
at Hartt College of Music.
In 1987 Brouwer was selected, along
with Isaac Stern and Alan Danielou, to be honourable member of UNESCO in
recognition for his music career - an honour that he shares with
Menuhin, Shankar, Karajan, Sutherland and other musical luminaries.
Brouwer
has conducted orchestras around the world including the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Scottish National Symphony Orchestra, the
BBC Concert Orchestra and the Mexico National Symphony Orchestra. He has
been heard as both composer and classical guitarist at many major
international music events and his CANCION DE GESTA (Epic Poem) has been
performed by orchestras throughout the world.
His discography
comprises over a hundred commercial recordings and his works have been
recorded by John Williams, Julian Bream, Franz Bruggen and Harry Sparnay
as well as The Toronto Festival, the London Sinfonietta and the Liège
festival.
Brouwer has also written many film scores including A
WALK IN THE CLOUDS and Alfonso Arau's internationally acclaimed LIKE
WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.
He
has served as General Manager of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra
for ten years and since 1992 conducted the Córdoba Orchestra in Spain.
In 1998 Brouwer was awarded the Manuel de Falla prize and in 1999 the
National music prize for Cuba. In recent years, Brouwer has continued
his unique series of guitar concertos (Concierto No.7 "La Habana",
Concierto No.8 "Concierto Cantata de Perugia", and "Concierto de
Benicassim") as well as writing for a rich variety of other ensembles,
most notably his horn trio of 2002, PICTURES OF ANOTHER EXHIBITION. His
latest concerto for guitar is his DOUBLE CONCERTO (Book of Signs),
premiered by John Williams and Costas Cotsiolis on 27th January 2004 at
the Megaron in Athens. Leo Brouwer has now returned to live in Havana.
Comment by email:
Thank you very much, dear Bill. Greetings, Isa [Isabelle Hernandez, Office of Leo Brouwer]
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