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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. Havana (Spanish in full: Ciudad de La Habana (City of Havana), usually shortened to just La Habana, and formerly named San Cristóbal de la Habana; UN/LOCODE: CU HAV) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of more than 2. ... Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... The Juilliard School is recognized as one of the best performing arts conservatories in the world. ... Stefan Wolpe (August 25, 1902 – April 4, 1972) was a German-born composer. ... Modernism is a term which covers a variety of political, cultural and artistic movements rooted in the changes in Western society at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. ... Luigi Nono (29 January 1924 - 8 May 1990) was an Italian composer of contemporary music. ... Iannis Xenakis Iannis Xenakis (Ιάννης Ξενάκης) (May 29, 1922 Brăila – February 4, 2001 Paris) was a Greek composer and architect who spent much of his life in Paris. ... Aleatoric (or aleatory) music or composition, is music where some element of the composition is left to chance. ... Tonality is a system of writing music according to certain hierarchical pitch relationships around a center or tonic. ... In music, a mode is an ordered series of musical intervals, which, along with the key or tonic, define the pitches. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Julian Bream (born July 15, 1933) is a British guitarist and lutenist. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

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. The term concerto (plural is concerti or concertos) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is contrasted with an orchestra. ... Film refers to the celluloid medium on which motion pictures are printed. ...

Guitar Concertos

• Concierto para Guitarra No. 1
• Concierto de Lieja No.2 (1981)
• Concierto Elegiaco No. 3 (1986)
• Concierto de Toronto No. 4 (1987)
• Concierto de Helsinki No. 5 (1991-2)
• Concierto de Volos No. 6 (1997)
• Concierto No.7 "La Habana" (1998)
• Concierto No.8 "Concierto Cantata de Perugia" (1999)
• Concierto No.9 "de Benicassim" (2002)
• Concierto No.10 "Book of Signs" (2003-4) *

* Double concerto for two guitars

Recordings

• De Bach a Los Beatles (EGREM)
• La obra guitarrística de Leo Brouwer. Vol. I. Brouwer por Brouwer. (EGREM)
• La obra guitarrística de Leo Brouwer. Vol. II. Brouwer intérprete. (EGREM)
• La obra guitarrística de Leo Brouwer. Vol. III. Re-creaciones. (EGREM)
• La obra guitarrística de Leo Brouwer. Vol. IV. Conciertos para guitarra y orquesta. (EGREM)
• La obra guitarrística de Leo Brouwer. Vol. V. Brouwer por los maestros Rey Guerra y Joaquín Clerch. (EGREM)
• La obra guitarrística de Leo Brouwer. Vol. VI. Presencia en el Festival Internacional de guitarra... (EGREM)
• La obra guitarrística de Leo Brouwer. Vol. VII. Ensambles con guitarras. (EGREM)
• La obra guitarrística de Leo Brouwer. Vol. VIII. Actuaciones memorables. (EGREM)
• Rara iClassics Link (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Leo Brouwer Collection Vol.1-6 (Frame)

Videos

• Danza Characteristica
• Berceuse (Canción de Cuna)
• Guajira Crillo
• Piazzolla Tango (arr. Brouwer) (please edit title)
• Reportaje a Leo Brouwer por César Amaro Programa especial por el Día Internacional de la Música (La guitarra y sus Intérpretes TV.-Uruguay-)
• Interview

Trivia

The sixth of his Etudes Simples was quoted by heavy metal guitarist Randy Rhoads (when he was working with Ozzy Osbourne) as the introduction to the song "Diary of a Madman". Randall William Randy Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist, rated by Rolling Stone magazine as one of rock musics 100 greatest guitarists of all time. ... Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and is a popular solo artist and reality television star. ... Diary of a Madman is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ...

External links

• Brouwer on Music Web