International Guitar Workshop with Leo Brouwer
in Munich, April 27 thru 28, 2006

In the range of "guitarrisimo", the Instituto Cervantes Munich presents a
two-day international workshop with Leo Brouwer. Advanced amateurs, music students and professional players are invited to take part as active participants or as guest auditors.

Leo Brouwer, born in Havanna in 1939, is considered the most eminent living composer for guitar music at present. In 1987 he was appointed honorary member of the UNESCO for his extensive musical work – an award he shares with stars like Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin or Herbert von Karajan.

Leo Brouwer studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, and his first compositions were already published in 1956. His music conjoins European influences and popular traditional Cuban elements, in the 70s he also experimented with avant-garde tendencies. Furthermore Leo Brouwer worked as a professor and as an orchestra leader. Besides his compositions for the guitar he also wrote chamber music, orchestra and choire works as well as diverse movie sound tracks.

http://www.cervantes-muenchen.de/de/02_kultur/aktuell/brouwer.htm


February 24, 2006