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ALBUMNueva Música de CámaraLeo Brouwer & Martín Marino
Albums by Leo Brouwer
ALBUMAround the World in 80 MinutesVarious Artists
ALBUMNueva Música de CámaraLeo Brouwer & Martín Marino
ALBUMCartografía Del MarAndré Cebrián & Pedro Mateo González
ALBUMDedalophoniaQuartetto Le Consonanze
ALBUMWe Are All on Our WayCon Fuoco
ALBUMMusical poetry (Winners - accademia stefano strata, pisa - StrataMaster 2023)Vasilina Shashkova
ALBUMInFines 2005Koinè Ensemble
ALBUMThe Blue AlbumPablo Sáinz-Villegas
ALBUMCombinatoriaGiovanni Masi
ALBUMKoyunbabaRob Nijboer
Leo Brouwer's Popular Music Videos
Estudios Sencillos XI : Allegretto
Thibault Cauvin
Estudios Sencillos I : Movido
Thibault Cauvin
Artist Biography
Cuban composer and guitarist Leo Brouwer (born 1939) began composing at age 16. He took guitar instruction and studied composition at Juilliard, but Brouwer considers himself an autodidact. At the 1961 Warsaw Autumn Festival in Poland, Brouwer came into contact with experimental composition; this strongly influenced the next phase of his career. However, from 1976 he entered into a phase Brouwer calls "New Simplicity"; encompassing inputs from popular and classical music, Afro-Cuban music, and the avant-garde. When a hand injury interrupted Brouwer's career as guitar soloist, Brouwer moved into conducting. Brouwer has written at least eight guitar concertos and over 60 film scores.
Hometown
Havana, Cuba
Genre
Classical