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Guitarist and composer Ernesto Cordero was born in New York in 1946. He studied in Puerto Rico, Spain, Italy, and the U.S., and has become one of t...
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: :00
Fiesta presents a full concert of Mexican music by composers from three different generations. We’ll hear Candelario Huízar’s Imágenes, Carlos Cháv...
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Since the 1920’s classical composers from Argentina and Uruguay drew inspiration from tango music, an urban genre developed in the twin cities acro...
- Added: Apr 10, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Fiesta features a treasure of Spanish music from the 12th to the 18th century including the mysterious “Codex Calixtinus”.
- Added: Apr 02, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Born in Tehuacan, Mexico in 1927, Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras studied with some of the great composers of his time such as Blas Galindo and Rodolfo Hal...
- Added: Mar 20, 2024
- Length: 58:30
In this program Fiesta’s showcases two monumental pieces from the Latin American repertoire, a piano quintet by Argentine composer Constantino Gait...
- Added: Mar 20, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Fiesta’s host, composer Elbio Barilari, will share some of his favorite composers in a delightful trip through South America. Included are Astor Pi...
- Added: Mar 12, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Host Elbio Barilari shares some of his favorite long form classical works. Included are Manuel de Falla’s El amor brujo and Carlos Chávez’s Caballo...
- Added: Mar 04, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Gaspar Cassadó i Moreu was born in Barcelona to a church musician father, Joaquim Cassadó, and began taking cello lessons at age seven. When he was...
- Added: Feb 27, 2024
- Length: 58:30
From Chile to California, the Pacific coast of the Americas was a part of the old Spanish Empire. Still today, composers from Latin American and US...
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Mexico has given the world many great composers. This program of Fiesta celebrates the many women composers who have made their musical mark on the...
- Added: Feb 16, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Fiesta visits Cuba to share some of most important composers from the island. Included are Leo Brouwer’s Estudio Sencillo Nos. 1-2, Amadeo Roldán’s...
- Added: Feb 06, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Inspiring, moving, and beautiful works by Latin American masters advocating for World Peace. Host Elbio Barilari will share works that will bring a...
- Added: Jan 30, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Born in Barcelona in 1953, Gloria Villanueva began her first courses in music theory and piano at the age of nine. Later she started studying guita...
- Added: Jan 24, 2024
- Length: 58:30
Mexican living composer Arturo Márquez has reached a high level of popularity due to the success of his orchestral work Danzón No.2. However, Artur...
- Added: Jan 17, 2024
- Length: 58:30
In honor of the 139th anniversary of his birth, this week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a tribute to singularly extraordinary Parag...
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- Added: Jan 12, 2024
- Length: 58:57
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The Brazilian Camargo Guarnieri was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Though his music hasn’t been heard much outside of his count...
- Added: Jan 09, 2024
- Length: 58:30
From European traditions to the native cultures, choral music has always been a part of Latin America’s musical identity. Fiesta will highlight so...
- Added: Dec 18, 2023
- Length: 58:30
As a priest and a professional composer working for the church, José Maurício Nunes Garcia wrote several pieces celebrating Christmas. And in this ...
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 58:30
This week, Fiesta takes you to an imaginary concert hall with a program featuring a late 18th century overture by Brazilian composer José Maurício ...
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 58:30
Fiesta features two passionate and romantic Latin American masterpieces from Argentina and Brazil. Constantino Gaito’s String Quartet No.1 and Fran...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 58:30
Born in Buenos Aires in 1862, Alberto Williams was the first Argentine composer that reached international fame. Fiesta visits his symphonic and pi...
- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 58:30
USA-born pianist Mac McClure developed a strong relationship with Catalonia and the Catalonian music scene. This week, Fiesta will feature a select...
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 58:30
There is a huge repertoire of Latin American symphonic and chamber music inspired by the indigenous American cultures. We will celebrate this inspi...
- Added: Nov 08, 2023
- Length: 58:30
Tango was born around 1880 in Buenos Aires and Montevideo as dance music, but by the 1940ʼs, it was introduced to the concert hall. Since then, tan...
- Added: Nov 06, 2023
- Length: 58:30
