Festas Suramericanas

Featuring

Andreas Woyke
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Alberto Ginastera

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Heitor Villa-Lobos and Alberto Ginastera, two iconic Latin American composers, sought to assert a national musical identity by incorporating rhythmic patterns, harmonic characteristics, and melodic motives from their countries' folk traditions.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Both Villa-Lobos and Ginastera depicted their native lands' nature and geography, imitated its sounds, and represented human aspects, such as mestizos and Indians for Villa-Lobos, and gauchos for Ginastera.

Composer Biography

Heitor Villa-Lobos, a Brazilian composer, was inspired to write his series of nine Bachianas Brasileiras by his keen interest in the music of J.S. Bach, which appeared when he was eight years old.

Performer Biography

Andreas Woyke, the German pianist on this album, has won several international awards, including 1st prize at the Brahms-Competition Hamburg and 1st prize at the Austro Mechana competition for 20th-century music.

Composer Biography

Alberto Ginastera, an Argentinian composer, ran afoul of the Perón regime in 1945 by signing a petition for civil rights, which led him to postpone a Guggenheim Foundation grant to visit the United States.

Interpretation

Pianist Andreas Woyke's artistic approach is characterized by an intensive quest for new and unconventional ways to express music, incorporating improvisation and composing into his life.