Composer
Rain
Agustín Fernández Cochabamba, confluence, rain, river 0 Comments
In an unwelcome contrast to sunny Cochabamba, the Northumbrian heavens have been open almost all the time since my return, and without a moment’s pause in the last four days. The unsightly stables on the side of the house have now been dismantled, allowing an unobstructed view of the river. This in most circumstances would […]
Alberto Villalpando
Agustín Fernández Alberto Villalpando, Luis Moya 1 Comment
Ahora que ha sido exitosamente lanzado el libro de Luis Moya Invenciones sobre la sonoridad boliviana: estudio patrimonial sobre el pensamiento estético musical de Alberto Villalpando (Cochabamba 2009), reproduzco aquí el prólogo que escribí para esa publicación. Prólogo Sería difícil exagerar la importancia de Alberto Villalpando en la historia de la música de Bolivia. Situar a este […]
Misa de Corpus Christi
Agustín Fernández Augusto Guzmán, Bertha Artero, Franklin Anaya Georgis, Instituto Laredo, Judith Carmona, Misa de Corpus Christi 2 Comments
Esta obra fue escrita en 1977 y 1978. Su estreno fue el 20 de junio de 1978 en el Teatro Municipal de La Paz, a cargo del coro Niños Cantores del Valle, la Sociedad Coral Boliviana y la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Bolivia, bajo la dirección del entonces veinteañero compositor. El solista fue un miembro […]
Festival Latinoamericano de Música, further thoughts
Agustín Fernández Alejandro Cardona, Alfredo Rugeles, Beatriz Elena Martínez, David Dzubay, Diana Arismendi, Graciela Paraskevaídis, Gustavo De Jesús Olivar Sánchez 2 Comments
On reflection, I will say who the figures were that left a lasting impression. Participating colleagues are unlikely to read these lines, and if they do they will understand, I’m sure, that any omission is the result of specific affinities on this occasion, and not a sign of failure to appreciate their contributions, all of […]
XVI Festival Latinoamericano de Música, Day 5
Agustín Fernández Alfredo Rugeles, Carmen Téllez, Cecilia Villanueva, Darwin Tarquino, David Dzubay, Diana Arismendi, Graciela Paraskevaídis, Jacquelyn Matava, Jorge Nunes, Julio Racine, Sharon Harms 0 Comments
Sunday 30 was the day of my departure, but not before the final event of the festival, a morning concert by the soloists from the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble of Indiana University. I had known their conductor, the excellent Carmen Téllez, from a distance, in her capacity as director of the Latin American Music Center at […]
XVI Festival Latinoamericano de Música, Day 4
Agustín Fernández Aequalis Aurea, Ana María Raga, Gerardo Gerulewicz, Goulnara Galimchina, Iván Pérez 0 Comments
On Saturday 29 May the concert was shared by a very young vocal ensemble, Aequalis Aurea, and the young violinist Iván Pérez and his pianist Goulnara Galimchina. The little choir showed plenty of evidence of having been drilled to distraction by their obviously talented conductor, Ana María Raga, although they still preserve an endearing freshness […]
XVI Festival Latinoamericano de Música, Day 3
Agustín Fernández Alba Potes, Carlos Castro, Cecilia Villanueva, German Cáceres, Ricardo Teruel, Rubén Riera, Una música escondida (A Hidden Music) 0 Comments
On 28 May I missed most of the first concert due to transport difficulties. On my minibus was travelling the Argentine Cecilia Villanueva, whose En línea was in the programme. We arrived over an hour late, to the pleasant surprise that the organisers had engineered a rolling postponement of En línea, so that, on our […]
XVI Festival Latinoamericano de Música, Day 2
Agustín Fernández Beatriz Elena Martínez, Diana Arismendi, Ensamble CG, Graciela Paraskevaídis, Una música escondida (A Hidden Music) 0 Comments
Marcha por la autonomía universitaria vista desde el piso 16 del Hotel Alba, Caracas 27 de mayo de 2010 The main event of the following day – 27 May – was the concert by Ensamble CG from Colombia. They had given a workshop the previous day, during which their commitment to new music and […]
XVI Festival Latinoamericano de Música, Day 1
Agustín Fernández Alejandro Cardona, Arcángel Castillo, Diana Arismendi, Emilio Mendoza, Manena Contreras, Miguel Astor 0 Comments
The first day I attended, 26 May, was the third of a composers’ conference adjacent to the festival. I was invited to read a paper – written it in the nick of time, during the journey across – and I read it in the third place, following papers by Diana Arismendi and Miguel Astor. Arismendi’s paper […]
December 2010
Agustín Fernández Luis Morais, Mari Naka, Marilies Guschlbauer, Trío, Vienna 0 Comments
8 December 2010TríoLuis Morais, violinMarilies Guschlbauer, celloMari Naka, piano Evangelischen SchulenKarlsplatz 141040 Wien(Vienna)Austria