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In the 1930’s Spanish-Mexican composer, Rodolfo Halffter was a member of the Spanish “Group of the Eight”, a group of composers and musicologists w...
- Added: Jun 26, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Ricardo Castro was a late nineteenth-century romantic composer. Throughout the course of his life, Castro toured and taught everywhere from New Yor...
- Added: Jun 26, 2024
- Length: :00
Tomás Luis de Victoria is considered one of the top European composers of the 16th century. His music shows a remarkable sense of tonal contrast, f...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Brazilian composers and pianists have established a long, solid, and brilliant tradition; Fiesta revisits the fascinating world of Brazilian piano ...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Uruguayan guitarist, teacher, and composer Abel Carlevaro is known as the founder of his own school of guitar technique. He was also a master compo...
- Added: Jun 12, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Classical music in the 20th and 21st centuries has had a strong presence throughout Latin America and the world. On this program, we will share in...
- Added: Jun 04, 2024
- Length: 58:30
The prestigious Kronos Quartet has dedicated many recordings to the music of Latin America. Host Elbio Barilari will share some of his favorite rec...
- Added: May 29, 2024
- Length: 58:31
A powerhouse of Latin American classical music, Argentina boasts some of the most skilled composers of the 20th century. We’ll hear gorgeous and me...
- Added: May 23, 2024
- Length: 58:30
One of the founders of “new tango,” Astor Piazzolla was trained as a classical composer. He studied with Alberto Ginastera and Nadia Boulanger amon...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Brazil has some of the largest archives of music from the colonial period in the Americas. Thousands of churches performed live music every week an...
- Added: May 08, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Fiesta celebrates the legacy of the great Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha. We will share some of her own compositions as well as works by Manuel...
- Added: Apr 30, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Guitarist and composer Ernesto Cordero was born in New York in 1946. He studied in Puerto Rico, Spain, Italy, and the U.S., and has become one of t...
- Added: Apr 25, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Fiesta presents a full concert of Mexican music by composers from three different generations. We’ll hear Candelario Huízar’s Imágenes, Carlos Cháv...
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Since the 1920’s classical composers from Argentina and Uruguay drew inspiration from tango music, an urban genre developed in the twin cities acro...
- Added: Apr 10, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Fiesta features a treasure of Spanish music from the 12th to the 18th century including the mysterious “Codex Calixtinus”.
- Added: Apr 02, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Born in Tehuacan, Mexico in 1927, Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras studied with some of the great composers of his time such as Blas Galindo and Rodolfo Hal...
- Added: Mar 20, 2024
- Length: 58:30
In this program Fiesta’s showcases two monumental pieces from the Latin American repertoire, a piano quintet by Argentine composer Constantino Gait...
- Added: Mar 20, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Fiesta’s host, composer Elbio Barilari, will share some of his favorite composers in a delightful trip through South America. Included are Astor Pi...
- Added: Mar 12, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Host Elbio Barilari shares some of his favorite long form classical works. Included are Manuel de Falla’s El amor brujo and Carlos Chávez’s Caballo...
- Added: Mar 04, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Gaspar Cassadó i Moreu was born in Barcelona to a church musician father, Joaquim Cassadó, and began taking cello lessons at age seven. When he was...
- Added: Feb 27, 2024
- Length: 58:30
From Chile to California, the Pacific coast of the Americas was a part of the old Spanish Empire. Still today, composers from Latin American and US...
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Mexico has given the world many great composers. This program of Fiesta celebrates the many women composers who have made their musical mark on the...
- Added: Feb 16, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Fiesta visits Cuba to share some of most important composers from the island. Included are Leo Brouwer’s Estudio Sencillo Nos. 1-2, Amadeo Roldán’s...
- Added: Feb 06, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Inspiring, moving, and beautiful works by Latin American masters advocating for World Peace. Host Elbio Barilari will share works that will bring a...
- Added: Jan 30, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Born in Barcelona in 1953, Gloria Villanueva began her first courses in music theory and piano at the age of nine. Later she started studying guita...
- Added: Jan 24, 2024
- Length: 58:30