Leonardo Balada is recognized for pioneering a blend of ethnic music with avant-garde techniques, moving beyond the dramatic avant-garde style of his earlier works like 'Guernica' and 'Steel Symphony'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Leonardo Balada's conceptual influences include Salvador Dalí's surrealistic transformations, Robert Rauschenberg's collages, geometric art, and abstract expressionism, which he used to create drama and emotion in his music.
Composer Biography
Leonardo Balada, born in Barcelona, Spain, studied composition with Vincent Persichetti and Aaron Copland at the Juilliard School and has taught at Carnegie Mellon University since 1970.
Composer Biography
Leonardo Balada has collaborated with notable artists and writers such as Salvador Dalí and Nobel Prize winner Camilo José Cela, and his opera 'Christopher Columbus' featured José Carreras and Montserrat Caballé.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Leonardo Balada's musical approach, or "modus operandi," is rooted in evolution and transformation, believing that an artist's personality can prevail despite changes in presentation.
Performer Biography
Conductor Eduardo Alonso-Crespo, an Argentine-born composer, trained at the National University of Tucumán and Carnegie Mellon University, studying with Lukas Foss, Leonardo Balada, and Samuel Jones.
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