Estudios Sencillos No.1 - Leo Brouwer

Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida (born March 1, 1939) is a Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor.
Brouwer was born in Havana, and 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 70s, 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. Leo Brouwer is involved in the "Concurso y Festival Internacional de Guitarra de la Habana" (International Guitar Festival of the Havana).

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[watchglensroom]

you played it great. i held my lighter up to the screen like it was a great concert.bravo

[scree123]

Thats Nuts, dude. You're busy bro!

[ElRuloCastro]

I was looking for a video of this piece to play it well. But i think you should play it faster and you ignore some dinamics. sorry but my english is not very good.

[scree123]

Hello my friend, I agree faster would be much better.

Thanks for your comment.

Regards, Don

[Jualtair]

Very beautiful. Excellent sound. 5 stars.

[scree123]

Thank you for the stars and I'm happy you liked it

cheers, Don

[barbazuccona]

Bravissimooooooooooooo!

[barbazuccona]

La so fare anche io! ho 12 anni!

[jacobcs]

my teache is always on me about playing a peice slow, concious to the metronome, and perfect tone before i ever worry about bnging it up to tempo. its such a good way to build up your sability and confidence with a peice. eventualy playing it up to speed wll be no problem! good job!

[tinotrivino]

Well its a start, i also play that if i try to calm down, but!!!! the original version is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar faster :D

[jimeerey]

needs more of a dynamic distinction. That is one of the goals to learn in this study. Dynamics.

[victorsandovalfigue]

muy bien te felicito!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scree123]

Thanks so much, I'm glad I could help you.

Good luck in tour studies.

My best, Don