Latino Composers in the US
There is a rich history and a brilliant present of Latino composers in the US. Fiesta! continues presenting well-known and talented Latino composers working in the US.
Florencio Asenjo was a mathematician and composer born in Argentina in 1927. He moved to the US in 1958 to take a position at Georgetown University. He also taught at the University of Southern Illinois before joining the Pittsburgh University math faculty in 1963. He retired in 2001. His two passions were math and music but he always said “music comes first!”
Leonardo Balada is a living Catalonian composer. He moved to the US in 1960 to study at Juilliard School. Since 1970 he has been teaching at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Born in Puerto Rico in 1953, Roberto Sierra is one of the most prestigious American living composers. He teaches at Cornell University.
Playlist:
Florencio Asenjo (b. Argentina 1927, d. US 2013)
Sinfonía Concertante (2008)
-First Movement
-Second Movement
-Third Movement
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic
Kirk Trevor, conductor
Albany Records Troy1128
Leonardo Balada (Catalonia, Spain b.1938)
Music For Flute and Orchestra (2000)
-I
-II
Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra
Magdalena Martínez, flute
José Serebrier, conductor
Naxos 8.555039
Roberto Sierra (Puerto Rico, 1953)
Caribbean Rhapsody (2011)
James Carter, saxophones
Regina Carter, violin
Akua String Quintet
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