Leo Brouwer
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Born on 1st March in Havana, he went to the United States to study music at the University of Hartford, and later at the Juilliard School, where he was taught composition by Stefan Wolpe. Brouwer’s early works show the influence of Cuban folk music, but during the 1960s and 1970s he became interested in the music of modernist composers such as Luigi Nono and Iannis Xenakis, using indeterminacy in works such as Sonograma I. Other works from this period include the guitar pieces Canticum (1968), La espiral eterna (1971), Parábola (1973), and Tarantos (1974). More recently, Brouwer’s works have started leaning towards tonality and modality. The solo guitar works El Decamerón negro (1981), the Sonata (1990, for Julian Bream), and Paisaje cubano con campanas (1996) exemplify this tendency.
Brouwer has held a number of official posts in Cuba, including the directorship of the Cinema Institute of Cuba’s music department. Among his works are a large number of solo guitar pieces, several guitar concertos, and over forty film scores. Brouwer is involved in the Concurso y Festival Internacional de Guitarra de la Habana.
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YaderV
Estudio No 5
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gersandelf
Love this composer. His studies are so much fun to play!
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Inezha
adorable!
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VictorOliRamos
do caralho!!!
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jimmyp41
love his stuff when played by Ricardo Cobo... Unreal!!
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sandychannel
I'm so in love with him.................
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Inmensidad_Azul
Out of this world! Beautiful :)
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Ciacchi
hmm, not always - the first time I heard about Leo Brouwer and heard it being performed, I thought it was amazing, but most people in the room were actually a bit shocked
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OliverChandler
Brouwer is such an interesting composer. His pieces are some of my favourite to play. They always go down well with audiences.
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Fevronija
he writes some beautiful music, and at the same time it's not extremely hard for me to play... amazing
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-lepa-
el decameron negro is one of my favourite solo classical guitar compositions. beatiful melodies, especially in the second movement.
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Ekemen
Has a great and soft touch on guitar and a great expression. It's a great loss not to be aware of him for a guitar lover (especially classical)
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