Juan Leovigildo Brouwer is a Compositeur, Guitariste and Leader cuban, born on March 1st 1939 with Havana (Cuba)

Biography

It starts to play of the guitar at the 13 years age. It is his/her father and his aunt who teach the music to him. It makes its professional beginnings with the 17 years age. It continues its musical formation with the the United States off at the University of Hartford then to the Juilliard School Music of New York where it studies the composition with Stefan Wolpe. He quickly forsakes the folk side of the national inspiration to turn to the avant-garde, in particular the contemporary type-setters Luigi Nono and Iannis Xenakis.

In 1960, Brouwer is named director of the Instituto Cubano de Arte E Industria Cinematograficos. He is also professor of composition to the Conservatoire National of Havana of 1961 with 1967. He was to advise musical with the cuban radio and principal manager of the cuban national Symphony orchestra during ten years. In 1992, it founds the Orchestre of Cordoue ( Orchesta de Cordóba ) in Spain and until in 2001 is the titular chief. He is also the founder and artistic director of the Cuban Contest of Guitar of Havana and the Festival which proceeds there every two years.

Repertory

The work of Leo Brouwer is mainly written for guitar solo. The instrumentation of the parts listed below is specified only when it is not the case.

• Acerca LED cielo, el surface the sonrisa

• An Idea (Passacaglia for Eli)
• Anima Latina (for orchestra)
• Basso Continuo I (for 2 clarinets)
• Cadence Concerto COp 30
• Cadence Sonata COp 25
• Cadence Quartet in D
• Canticum para will guitarra there
• Concerto di Liegi (Quasi Una Fantasia) (for guitar and orchestra)
• Concerto Elegiaco (for guitar and piano)
• Cuban Landscape with Rain
• Danza Altiplano
• Danza Caracteristica (Para el `Quítate of Acera `)
• Demeter Prelude (for string quartet with 2 violins, violates, and violoncello)
• Two Topics cuban
• Diary Of Year Alien-Flute Solo (for flute)
• Dia de Novembre
• El Decameron Negro
• Elogio of Danza
• Études simple ( Estudios sencillos ) 1 series: n° 1 to 5
• simple Studies ( Estudios sencillos ) 2nd series: n° 6 to 10
• simple Studies ( Estudios sencillos ) 3rd series: n° 11 to 15
• simple Studies ( Estudios sencillos ) 4th series: n° 16 to 20
• Exaedros 1
• Fuga N°1
• Espiral eterna
• the Transparent Area Farmhouse (for flute and piano)
• Micropiezas Homage to Darius Milhaud (for 2 guitars)
• Micropiezas N°5
• Nuevos Estudios sencillos
• Paisaje Cubano Idiot Campanas per Chit. Sola
• Paisaje Cubano Con Rumba per 4 Chitarre
• Parabola
• Per Suonare has Due (2 Guitars)
• Per suonare has Tre off (for flute, viola, and guitar)
• Pictures Another Exhibition (for violin, horn, and piano)
• Pièce Without Title N°1
• Pièce Without Title N°2
• Pièce Without Title N°3
• Preludio
• Preludios Epigramaticos
• Remembrances (for orchestra)
• Retrats Catalans (for guitar and piano)
• Sonata
• Sonata for violoncello solo
• Sonata Pian E Strong (for piano)
• Sonate for Horn and Piano
• Symphony n° 1 (for orchestra)
• Tarantos
• Toccata (for 4 guitars)
• Very Apuntes
• Very Danzas Concerting (for guitar and piano)
• a dia of noviembre
• Viaje in Semilla
• Alternatives

External bonds

• Biography in English

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