Thursday, May 2, 2019

BroadwayWorld.com: Premiere of Leo Brouwer's The Book of Imaginary Beings

Leo Brouwer


By Sarah Hookey

May 1, 2019

The acclaimed Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo will celebrate the world premier of Cuban legend Leo Brouwer's The Book of Imaginary Beings, written for and dedicate to the Duo, at New Jersey's Raritan River Music Festival on Saturday, May 25. The 16 minute, four movement composition was inspired by a compendium of mythological beings created by Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. The Duo, Michael Newman and Laura Oltman, holds exclusive performing and recording rights to this highly anticipated addition to the guitar duet repertoire and will perform its New York premiere at the opening of the New York Guitar Seminar on June 26.

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