Chamorro/Gonz?les - Brouwer:Bandurria Music

A native of Cuba, Leo Brouwer is universally acknowledged as one of the most challenging and innovative of contemporary composers. This programme brings guitar into consort with the bandurria, a small lute dating from the 16th century and perennially popular in South America, the combination perfect for expressing the rustic rhythms of Cuban folk style in M�sica Incidental Campesina. This recording covers a kaleidoscopic range of techniques and emotions, from political martyrdom in Chile to the immense vistas of Brazil. The Sonata para Bandurria was composed for one of the virtuoso performers on this recording, Pedro Chamorro. Performer, composer, professor of plucked instruments at the Conservatory Arturo Soria, and Doctor in Arts (Music) cum laude at the Conservatorio Profesional de M�sica Arturo Soria, Madri, Pedro Chamorro studied bandurria with Manuel Grand�o in Spain and mandolin with Juan Carlos Mu�oz in Luxembourg. An award-winning performer, he is the dedicatee of Leo Brouwer's Sonata para Bandurria of 2011 and the Concierto de La Mancha for bandurria and symphony orchestra of 2015. Pedro Mateo Gonz�lez studied in Germany and Spain with teachers including Jos� Luis Rodrigo, Roberto Aussel, Hugo Geller and Thomas M�ller-Pering. He is currently a professor at the conservatories of Mallorca and Zaragoza. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Orquesta Sinf�nica de RTVE, the Orquesta Sinf�nica de Castilla y Le�n and the Orquestra Simf�nica de les Illes Balears, conducted by Alejandro Posadas, Adri�n Leaper and Leo Brouwer.