Maestro Falletta Conducts Classical Guitar Superstar Sharon Isbin Nov 5, 2008
She received a 2005 Latin Grammy nomination for "Best Classical Album" and a 2006 GLAAD Media Award nomination for "Outstanding Music Artist" (alongside Melissa Etheridge) for her Billboard Top 10 Classical disc with the New York Philharmonic of Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez and concerti by Mexican composer Manuel Ponce and Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos. Her "Dreams of a World: Folk-inspired Music for Guitar" soared onto top classical Billboard charts, edging out The 3 Tenors, and... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Jazz musician Branford Marsalis gives advice ahead of concert Oct 23, 2008
But it takes more than a musical personality to play the classical music of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. I m still paying for my musical transgressions as a kid, Marsalis said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
ASU - Jonesboro: Department of Music's choirs to present spring concert on April 21 Apr 17, 2008
The University Singers Women's Choir will begin the program with "Whilst Youthful Sports," a Renaissance madrigal by Thomas Weelkes; "Tantum Ergo," a Romantic period motet by Franz Liszt; and three twentieth-century pieces, "As Costureiras" by Heitor Villa-Lobos, "Alleluia, Amen" by Randall Thompson, and "Laughing Song" by Lloyd Pfautsch. Graduate student Jessica Crociata will provide oboe accompaniment for the Pfautsch selection. (Truman Democrat, AR)
Cuban Mambo Legend Cachao Dies Mar 23, 2008
He worked under the baton of visiting guest conductors, such as Herbert von Karajan, Igor Stravinsky and Heitor Villa-Lobos, during his nearly 30-year career with the orchestra. "Stravinsky was my friend, I played the 'Firebird' and 'Petrouchka' with Stravinsky conducting in Cuba. He was a simple man, ugly like me, but very nice," Cachao said in a 1995 interview with the International Herald Tribune. (CBS News)
Israel 'Cachao' Lopez, 89; pioneered mambo music Mar 23, 2008
Cachao began performing with the Havana Philharmonic Orchestra as a teenager, working under the baton of visiting guest conductors including Herbert von Karajan, Igor Stravinsky and Heitor Villa-Lobos during his nearly 30-year career with the symphony. He also wrote hundreds of songs in Cuba for bands and orchestras, many based on the classic Cuban music style known as son. (Los Angeles Times)
Guitar virtuoso Christopher Parkening shares faith in performance Nov 15, 2007
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World heritage Oct 19, 2007
Saturday's program includes two original compositions by Pepe Romero and is otherwise packed with work by composers from Spain and South America, such as Heitor Villa-Lobos and Gaspar Sanz. Tickets are $20 to $42. (Anchorage Daily News)
Gala concert showcases aspiring young pianists Jul 12, 2007
Tiffany was one young performer who succeeded in bringing out the character of the compositions she played, whether the Schubert duet or Heitor Villa-Lobos' Cicio Brasilero No. 4. Listeners could feel the intensity from the faster sections, and were lulled by the slower parts. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Two young quartets and dreams of an ocean view Jun 9, 2007
In recent years, the group has cast a wide net in its repertoire -- a good way to maximize exposure -- presenting difficult or obscure quartets by Silvestre Revueltas, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Elliott Carter. By contrast, Thursday's Haydn presented its own joys and perils. (Boston Globe)
Italian guitarist enchants with lyrical show May 5, 2007
Back in Jakarta, Nebiolo performed the creation of Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos, who had long resided in France. Villa-Lobos was an intelligent and revolutionary composer, and of his 12 etudes, Nebiolo played etudes No.7 and No.11. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Conductor Walter Hendl dies at 90 Apr 13, 2007
He went to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as music director in 1949, touring extensively and premiering works by composers including Czech master Bohuslav Martinu, Brazilian innovator Heitor Villa-Lobos and American musician Virgil Thomson. After leaving Eastman, he joined the conducting faculty of the Juilliard School in Manhattan. (NEPA News, PA)
Flappers, O'Town and the Black Snake blues (2/22) Feb 24, 2007
In Bettersworth Auditorium (Giles Architecture Building) on the Mississippi State University campus in Starkville, classical guitarist and assistant professor of guitar Michael Patilla will perform at 7:30 p.m. uitar Fireworks will feature compositions by Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ferdinando Carulli and many others. Dr. Patilla will use a replica of the early 19th century 10-string decacorde for portions of his program. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Spanish-themed concert scheduled Feb 16, 2007
One of the best known works on the program is "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5 by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, which includes passages designated for a cello octet ---- one of the few examples of the form before this group began. Manuel de Falla's "Seven Popular Spanish Songs" were originally scored for voice and piano, but are most often heard in instrumental arrangements. (North County Times)
Viva Latina ballet (Jean Battey Lewis) Feb 3, 2007
Nacho Duato's "Na Floresta," set to music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, is a paean to nature, underscored by the soft green of its abstract forest background; its folk-tinged choreography; and the simple, undulating patterns the dancers make with angled arms and rippling floor patterns. Mr. Webre's "Juanita y Alicia," a nostalgic tribute to memories of his family's Cuban stories he heard as a child, was spiced with enticing production values -- a large sepia picture of a long-ago Cuban family projected... (Washington Times, DC)
